Courage Quotes

"You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty." ~ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum "God bless you for saying that!" cried Miss Harrison. "If we keep our courage and our patience the truth must come out." ~ The Naval Treaty by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle They had courage; without which, men are as the standing straw in an unreaped field in winter; but having become like the hooded pine, that keepeth green in frost, and hath the bounding blood in all its icy branches. ~ Pierre And His People by Gilbert Parker He was frightened by the effect he had produced, and like most men with but little courage, he sought at once to justify himself by bullying. ~ The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage. ~ The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Newman cast a despairing glance at his small store of fuel, but, not having the courage to say no -- a word which in all his life he never had said at the right time, either to himself or anyone else -- gave way to the proposed arrangement. ~ Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. ~ Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy "Care I for the limb, the thews, the stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man! Give me the spirit, Master Shallow." ~ Henry IV, Part Two by William Shakespeare "I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by no means a nervous man. At the same time, it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you." ~ The Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once." ~ Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare