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15 Powerful Reflections on Courage:
“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.”
― Thomas Jefferson
― Thomas Jefferson
"Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are free men, fighting for the blessings of liberty… that slavery will be your portion… if you do not acquit yourselves like men.”
― George Washington, 1776
― George Washington, 1776
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.”
― Jean-Luc Godard
― Jean-Luc Godard
“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
― John A. Shedd
― John A. Shedd
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
― Nelson Mandela
― Nelson Mandela
“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
― J.R.R. Tolkien
“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.”
― Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
― Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
― Nathan Hale, Spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
― Nathan Hale, Spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Soviet dissident and Nobel Prize-winning author
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Soviet dissident and Nobel Prize-winning author
"When you attack us, you will see our faces. Not our backs, but our faces."
― Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
― Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
