Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

In a sense, all of us have the capacity to be courageous.

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

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

I, for one, love strength, daring, fortitude. I do not want people to kill the fight in them; I want them to fight for right things.

Courage is the rarest of all good traits

True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by.

Courage and confidence are practical necessities . . . courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to one’s own consciousness.

The rarest of the good qualities in human beings is courage

The great virtue of those who seek the spiritual path is courage.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.

Physical courage is a great test.

I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. 'Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.

Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.

Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage?

Nay, droop not, fellows; innocence should be bold.

Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.

There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will.

There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.