Courage Quotes

"One must act with conviction even when surrounded by doubt and uncertainty."

"A man must choose between comfort and honor; there is no middle path."

"Don't take counsel of your fears."

"The coward dies a thousand deaths; the valiant die but once."

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

"The soldier must be prepared to die, but never willing to surrender."

"A retreat is sometimes the bravest action a commander can take."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action taken despite its presence."

"To be defeated and not submit, is victory."

"Beware of underestimating your enemy."

"Courage is not fearlessness; it is acting despite fear."

"Boldness in execution is the mark of great commanders."

"The ultimate measure of a soldier is not whether he falls, but whether he stood when needed."

"No battle is won by the soldier who hesitates."

"My name may be a byword in the South for generations, but that is of no consequence."

"Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."

"The only failure is not trying."

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

"A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

"A general who forgets his humanity forgets why he fights."

"A soldier's highest honor is not in the medals he receives, but in the comrades he protects."

"To lead with honor in dishonorable times requires courage greater than any battlefield valor."

"A general who waits for perfect conditions will never move at all."

"The officer who fears failure has already failed."

"The moment of decision is often preceded by a thousand moments of doubt."

"Fear is the counselor of the weak; courage is the privilege of the strong."

"To fight is human; to fight well requires both intelligence and virtue."

"Fear of failure paralyzes; understanding of risk enlightens."

"In the art of command, doubt is the enemy of decisiveness."