True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

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.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and read more

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not read more

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.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate read more

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.