Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.
(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).

Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.
(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.

Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm
and it will turn.

Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm
and it will turn.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
And let no warrior in the heat of fight
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O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
And let no warrior in the heat of fight
Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes;
For more of those who shrink from shame are safe
Than fall in battle, while with those who flee
Is neither glory nor reprieve from death.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, read more

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,
Held we fall to rise, are baffled to flight better,
Sleep to wake.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.