Courage Quotes

A trusty companion halves the journey and doubles the courage. ~ The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton Life had taught her to be brave, to be patient, to love, to forgive. ~ Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse, to seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils. ~ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's the hardest thing in the world—to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want. ~ The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand I am wise enough to know that there are some perils from which a man must flee. ~ The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien "Come when they may, they shall not find us skulking and hiding, as if we feared to take our portion of the light of day, and left it all to them." ~ Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. ~ Count Alarcos: A Tragedy by Benjamin Disraeli Resignation brings a curious large courage--when there is nothing more to lose. The soul takes risks, and dares. Is it a curious short-cut sometimes to the heights? ~ The Man Whom the Trees Loved by Algernon Blackwood The Sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens "I doubt there is any true courage," said he, "in squabbling for money." ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope