Quotes about Courageous

William Shakespeare

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

Dale Carnegie

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Alistair Maclean

There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.

Benito Mussolini

[It] is better to live one single day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep.

This has been attributed to Mussolini, most recently when this quote was tweeted by Donald Trump who was accused of repeating the words of the fascist dictator. This phrase was first used as a slogan by Italian solders in 1918 at the Battle of the Piave River during World War I. It was also written on the walls of many homes in the area to encourage each other during the battle.

Robin Sharma

Failure is not having the courage to try, nothing more and nothing less.

Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.

Thucydides

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Mark Twain

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.

Thomas Jefferson

One man with courage is a majority.

John Wayne

I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply:
men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty,
never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.

Kerry Kennedy

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

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

The change in the world is always brought by one man, whom we call "the leader". Who has the vision and the force not only to make people dream, but to reach and live that dream. He is intelligent enough to foresee tomorrow. He is selfless and courageous to the extent of being ready to sacrifice everything and express truth even if it defames him. People fellow him where he takes them. He is the one who accelerates history …

This is one of the great statements of political leadership ever produced. However, successive leaders of Pakistan saw themselves in this mold, but the people did not follow them and Pakistan degenerated into a succession of dictatorships after Jinnah died.

Robert E. Howard

I don't believe I ever saw an Oklahoman who wouldn't fight at the drop of a hat - and frequently drop the hat himself.

Catherine the Great

There never was a woman bolder than I. I have unbridled audacity.

Al-Jahiz

Everybody agrees that there is no people on earth in whom generosity is as universally well developed as the Zanj. These people have a natural talent for dancing to the rhythm of the tambourine, without needing to learn it. There are no better singers anywhere in the world, no people more polished and eloquent, and no people less given to insulting language. No other nation can surpass them in bodily strength and physical toughness. One of them will lift huge blocks and carry heavy loads that would be beyond the strength of most Bedouins or members of other races. They are courageous, energetic, and generous, which are the virtues of nobility, and also good-tempered and with little propensity to evil. They are always cheerful, smiling, and devoid of malice, which is a sign of noble character.

The Zanj were what the Arabs called Black Africans. His grandfather was an East African Black man. Intermarriage between Arabs and Black Africans was common until the arrival of Islam which did not allow intermarriage between Muslims and others.