| Quotations about Courage |
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"There's always time. . .to own up to things you're ashamed of, to change them. There's always time to start. And I think the starting is the most important thing. It takes courage. It takes a lot more courage than any vain feat of arms, let me tell you. It takes a lifetime to become a fool, and only a moment to begin to become wise.” -- Peter DanielsonThe Shepherd Kings
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"There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die -- that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men, and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he, too, is brave and afraid like all the rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer. Or sometimes ten minutes, or twenty minutes. . .” -- Alistair MacLean
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| ". . .courage is not simply one of the virtues, but
the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the point
of highest reality. A
chastity or honesty or mercy which yields to danger will be chaste or
honest or merciful only on conditions.
Pilate was merciful till it became risky.” -- C.S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters
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"A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth through a process of honest and vigorous debate. Arguments should not sneak around in disguise, as if dissent were somehow sinister. One should not be cowed by criticism. "In my humble opinion, those who come to engage in debates of consequence, and who challenge accepted wisdom, should expect to be treated badly. Nonetheless, they must stand undaunted. That is required. And that should be expected. For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom.” --Justice
Clarence Thomas |