Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained. John Stuart Mill on courage
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. William Butler Yeats on courage
Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again. Noel Coward on courage
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet. Charles Caleb Colton on courage
Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. Laura Linney on courage
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. Harry Emerson Fosdick on courage
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. Michel de Montaigne on courage
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. Horace on courage
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. Earl Nightingale on courage
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause. Plutarch on courage
To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage. Georgia O'Keeffe on courage
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. Ruby Dee on courage
Genius is talent set on fire by courage. Henry Van Dyke on courage
We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. Gloria Steinem on courage
Despair gives courage to a coward. Thomas Fuller on courage
Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way. Andrew Shue on courage
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. Samuel Johnson on courage
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E. M. Forster on courage