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29 Matches Found.
- James Russell Lowell
Folks that's afraid to fail are sure of failure.
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American First Lady and Political Activist
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
- From the Decathlete
Ask not for victory, ask for courage. For if you can endure you bring honor to us all, even more you bring honor to yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American Poet and Essayist
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men to win them.
- George Macdonald (1824-1905) Scottish Novelist and Clergyman
The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it, and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more.
- Earl Douglas Haig (1861-1928) British General and Commander of the Expeditionary Force in World War I
Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end.
- Randall 'Tex' Cobb (1954-) American Boxer and Actor
The measure of a man is what happens when nothing works and you got the guts to go on.
- Randall 'Tex' Cobb (1954-) American Boxer and Actor
Courage isn't the absence of fear; it's the dealing with it.
- William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) American Politician, Religious Advocate
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear.
- Brendan Francis [Behan] (1923-1964) Irish Author
Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.
- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) American Writer
Courage is grace under pressure.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American Poet
Go forth to meet the shadowy Future without fear and with a manly heart.
- Herodotus (485 - 425BC) Greek Historian
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English Playwright
If we should fail -- we fail. But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail.
- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Author
Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Politician
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Saying etched into the Iwo Jimo Memorial, in tribute to the marines who fought in World War Two. Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Uncommon valor was a common virtue.
- Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) English Author and Clergyman
Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
- Alfred North Whitehead
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
- Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919) Mexican Revolutionary
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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