Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely at the summit of courage. What is at the summit of courage, I think, is freedom. The freedom that comes with the knowledge that no earthly thing can break you. - View Quote Details on I am old enough to know that victory is often…
Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. - View Quote Details on Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only…
One of my greatest fears, one of those few things that keeps me awake at night and troubles my dreams, is that, when the moment of truth comes, I will fail. This is surpassed only by the fear that when that moment arrives, I will not fail, but will lack the courage to try. - View Quote Details on One of my greatest fears, one of those few things…
Courage is internal belief. - View Quote Details on Courage is internal belief.
Often I have found that the one thing that can save is the thing which appears most to threaten… one has to go down into what one most fears and that process… comes a saving flicker of light and energy that, even if it does not produce the courage of a hero, at any rate enables a trembling mortal to take one step further. - View Quote Details on Often I have found that the one thing that can…
Courage is a poison, forever potent and always inflicting those who wish to carry it. - View Quote Details on Courage is a poison, forever potent and always inflicting those…
Last, but by no means least, courage— moral courage, the courage of one’s convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle— the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other. - View Quote Details on Last, but by no means least, courage— moral courage, the…
The basest of all things is to be afraid. - View Quote Details on The basest of all things is to be afraid.
Courage is rarely reckless or foolish… courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced. - View Quote Details on Courage is rarely reckless or foolish… courage usually involves a…
Courage easily finds its own eloquence. - View Quote Details on Courage easily finds its own eloquence.