Quotes about courage

The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage they did not know they had.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

William Faulkner

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Ovid

No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.

George S. Patton

But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.

Viktor Frankl

Fidelity to the law of your own being is an act of high courage flung in the face of life.

Carl Jung