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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

by Euripides Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Courage Quotes,
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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

by Corra Harris Found in: Courage Quotes,
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

by Mark Twain Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which read more

Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other.

by Oliver J. Hart Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a read more

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

by Herodotus Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta read more

Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla
Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]

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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to read more

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

by Gilbert K. Chesterton Found in: Courage Quotes,
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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. read more

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

by Thomas Paine Found in: Courage Quotes,
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