Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
He that fails in his endeavours after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. Samuel Johnson
Courage without conscience is a wild beast. Robert G Ingersoll
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Robert G Ingersoll
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. Clare Boothe Luce
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. Jean Anouilh
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. C S Lewis
One man with courage makes a majority. Andrew Jackson
Courage conquers all things. Ovid.
Courage is a special kind of knowledge; the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. David Ben Gurion
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. Maya Angelou
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts. John Wooden
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage. Confucius
Courage is like love: it must have hope to cherish it. Napoleon Bonaparte
Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another’s fear. Umberto Eco
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. Arthur Koestler
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. Miguel de Cervantes
Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. Harper Lee
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death. Harold Wilson
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. Jean Paul Richter