Alexander Herzen Quotes

The will to do, the soul to dare..

It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.

Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character.

Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

courage is the gift of character

Courage, I don't think anybody is born with courage. I think you may be born with a flair to braggadocio, you know. That's not courage.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

There are times when it is more courageous to be cowardly.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

I always believe that when you're not courageous, you become cunning.

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions.

Without courage, all other virtues are useless.

Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.

Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral.

Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

If you don't have courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues.

Spirit is now a very fashionable word: to act with Spirit, to speak with Spirit, means only to act rashly, and to talk indiscreetly. An able man shows his Spirit by gentle words and resolute actions; he is neither hot nor timid.

Courage is the greatest virtue because it guarantees all the rest.

The brave man braves nothing, nor knows he of his bravery.

Courage is the most common and vulgar of the virtues.

The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.

Nothing can shock a brave man but dullness.