Courage Quotes

"In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins."

"I would fight them if they were a thousand to one."

"Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent commodity of the day."

"I do not know what the future holds, but I am prepared for it."

"The brave man inattentive to his duty is worth little more than the coward."

"The officer who loses his nerve loses his army."

"The cavalry spirit is about courage, honor, and unwavering loyalty."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"A commander must be willing to stand alone if his conscience demands it."

"In times of crisis, a single man of resolution can change the course of events."

"True courage is not the absence of fear, but action taken despite it."

"Courage grows not from fearlessness, but from commitment to something greater than fear."

"True patriotism sometimes requires of us to act at variance with our previous ways."

"Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence."

"There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths."

"Do what you believe to be right and let the consequences follow."

"I stand by my convictions."

"I prefer the prospect of failure to the certainty of inaction."

"A man of principle will always stand alone if necessary."

"The true military spirit of any nation is only really tested when that nation faces its greatest trial."

"Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental will firm to encounter it."

"Time and time again, I have found that moral courage exceeds physical valor."

"The measure of a soldier is not in his uniform, but in his conviction."

"A decision delayed in hope of perfect information is a decision already lost."

"A man of principle will sacrifice comfort for conviction; a man without principle will not."

"The courage to admit error is rarer and more valuable than the courage to fight."

"I have scars on my body which prove that I am a man."

"The courage to admit error is greater than the courage to defend it."

"A general who waits for perfect conditions will never move; uncertainty is the constant companion of command."

"Boldness is not recklessness, but rather calculated risk taken with complete understanding."