Courage Quotes

Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.

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"Courage without wisdom is merely recklessness dressed in uniform."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"The soldier who questions his orders is sometimes wiser than the commander who never questions his assumptions."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"A retreat to a stronger position is sometimes the boldest move a commander can make."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"True courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
Napoléon III
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"In moments of crisis, we must remember that our greatest strengths often emerge."
Napoléon III
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"It is not the critic who counts, but the man actually in the arena."
Arthur Wellesley
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"A man who fears nothing is a fool, but a man who is paralyzed by fear is useless."
Arthur Wellesley
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"A man who has never doubted himself is a man who has never tried anything difficult."
Arthur Wellesley
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"The surest way to fail is to never try."
Arthur Wellesley
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"The surest path to regret is the failure to act when action was required."
Arthur Wellesley
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"The worst decision is the one that is never made."
Arthur Wellesley
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"A battle lost is a battle which one thinks one has lost."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"A commander must possess both the courage of the lion and the cunning of the fox."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"The severest battle was not at Atlanta, but in the hearts of those who remained behind."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."
Saladin
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal; courage is what counts."
Saladin
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"Audacity, audacity, and more audacity!"
Frederick the Great
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"There are no victories without courage."
Frederick the Great
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"Cowardice is the worst of all human failings."
Frederick the Great
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"Fortune favors the bold."
Frederick the Great
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"The only death that matters is the one that comes to those who die standing."
Frederick the Great
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"In my life I have always found that when I had determined to do a thing, the doing it was easy."
Horatio Nelson
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"In every storm, I have found the opportunity to prove my worth."
Horatio Nelson
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"Moral courage is a rarer commodity than physical courage."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"In times of difficulty, the measure of a man is not what he says, but what he does."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"The future is ours if we have the courage to fight for it."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"The fear of what others might think should never prevent a man from doing what is right."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"You must act with all your might, while trusting in the will of the Almighty."
Robert E. Lee
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"True courage is being afraid, but doing the right thing anyway."
Robert E. Lee
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"One must face difficulties with quiet determination and unflinching resolve."
Robert E. Lee