Carl von Clausewitz Quotes

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

What man is such a coward he would not rather fall once than remain forever tottering?

Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -Jo

With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be thrown into the other to correct the balance. The greater they are, the greater the margin that can be left for accidents.

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

To save all we must risk all.

Calculation never made a hero.

Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk.

The more wit the less courage.

I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage

I don't have it in my personality to be frightened of things.

I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.

I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

Do not dare not to dare.

Without courage, all other virtues are useless.

[Courage] arises in a great measure from the consciousness of strength . . .

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

It is true that I must run a great risk; no gallant action was ever accomplished without danger.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Even in the most bold and daring acts, courage is a matter of the heart.

Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.