Character Courage Quotes

Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character. ~ James Anthony Froude

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. ~ Mark Twain

It is one thing to be brave in front of others, perhaps for fear of being branded a coward and becoming diminished in their eyes, but another entirely to be brave when there is nobody to witness your courage. The latter is an elemental bravery, a strength of spirit and character. ~ John Connolly

To stand by yourself
that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther. Even somebody who admitted his guilt and resisted the temptation to deny it. Something politicians couldn't do. Honesty, the courage for honesty. With others and yourself. ~ Pascal Mercier

Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me. ~ Muhammad Ali Jinnah

I think the greatest of all human virtues is loyalty. It embraces all the best of the human character: courage, faith, love and charity. ~ Douglas Bader

Courageous people run toward the problem rather than away from it. ~ Frank Sonnenberg

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character. ~ Loretta Young

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. ~ George W. Bush

In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging-and could have been from the very first-the steadfast principles of an unflinching courage-an uncontrollable will-a sturdy pride which might be disciplined into self-respect-and a bitter scorn of many things, which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements. ~ Anais Nin

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. ~ August Wilson

Courage is winning small battles with great honor. ~ Nathan S. Colestock

Great leadership has more to do with character, courage, and conviction than it does with specific skills or competencies. ~ William A. Adams

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. ~ Harper Lee

Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink. ~ John Taliaferro

All revered spiritual leaders, political leaders, and diplomats, captains of industry, intellectuals, and winning generals exhibit genuine humility that empowers them to act with integrity and courage under the most distressing circumstances. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. ~ Hermann Hesse

When your cause is noble, you shall never know fear. ~ Justin K. McFarlane Beau

Physical courage is a great test. ~ Oriana Fallaci

I initially thought 'Lewis' was a terrible idea. The character had very much been Morse's work donkey and sounding board. But I was persuaded to do it, thinking if it was a flop, at least ITV would stop asking me. But the pilot took off, so we got back on this moving train, and we've never looked back. ~ Kevin Whately

Her wounds brought her a great source of power because they lived in the same place as her heart. ~ Shannon L. Alder

Just as anxiety can feed on itself, so can courage. ~ John J. Ratey

Helen Lowe writes wonderful stories, yes, but her work also speaks with lyricism to deeper questions of how we treat each other. With lovely prose that brings vivid life to her characters, she creates a universe with people we care about. This is an author with a gift for fantasy. ~ Catherine Asaro

Thanks to the fictional character named Fraser, in a well-loved Scottish novel, Alexander's existence on the grounds of Culloden had become its own bit of Hell. ~ L.L. Muir

It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character. ~ Christian McKay

I think the ultimate challenge is to have some kind of style and grace, even though you haven't got money, or standing in society, or formal education. I had a very middle, lower-middle class sort of upbringing, but I identify with people who've had, at some point in their lives to struggle to survive. It adds another color to your character. ~ Madonna Ciccone

We are all strangers to our hidden potential until we confront problems that reveal our capabilities. ~ Apoorve Dubey

Love is a weakness which converts even the strongest minds as its slave and makes them sing its tune. ~ Auliq Ice

Conflict is the microscope of a book. When it's trained on a character, you see what's underneath the narratives of physical description. You see whether someone is strong or weak, principled or apathetic, heroic or villainous.
(J.R. on writing the BDB series) ~ J.R. Ward

They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for himself, but for his character, for his integrity and judgment and iron will; but they love him most for the enemies he has made. ~ Edward S. Bragg

In the world of securities, courage becomes the supreme virtue after adequate knowledge and a tested judgment are at hand. ~ Benjamin Graham

My mother once said, 'If you come across a man with more than one personality, you can be sure he's looking for himself in one of them, because he has no character.' But I think she was wrong ~ Saud Alsanousi

When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character. ~ Alanna Ubach

But if we wait on this wedding, you can make my dress crimson. I will not wear gold if my Imperial nobility is bought with the blood of innocent civilians who died while I had a party. ~ Elise Kova

It is only if you have the courage to follow your heart that you will succeed on the path of love. ~ Frederick Lenz

One challenge at a time, I try to turn into the face of fear and tell it "you are not my master, you are the product of my self and I am your master." I look into the monster's eyes until it disappears. Then I am free. ~ Rohvannyn Shaw

But because I do not wish to be remembered (if I will be remembered) as a self-indulgent fantasist, I'll skip the purple patch for now, however much I wish to write it. I need to make amends for my indifference, for having turned my back on the world in favor of the beauties of the way. I'll try to study cruelty (I regret my own) and render it in more familiar terms. ~ Norman Lock

Within the shadows of honor, courage often walks in silence.
-Engraved on the monument Clay built ~ Lorraine Heath

I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently. You can be kind for a while; you can be generous for a while; you can be just for a while, or merciful for a while, even loving for a while. But it is only with courage that you can be persistently and insistently kind and generous and fair. ~ Maya Angelou

Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. ~ Sydney J. Harris

I love factoids. It's hard for me to keep those out. It just takes realizing that it's stopping the character. Part of it is the decision to keep things where you want to train the spotlight. For me, it's the personal side. I always ask, How does the person inside the character relate to this? ~ Adam Braver

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. ~ Bob Dylan

Men at the close of the dark Ages may have been rude and unlettered and unlearned in everything but wars with heathen tribes, more barbarous than themselves, but they were clean. They were like children; the first beginnings of their rude arts have all the clean pleasure of children. We have to conceive them in Europe as a whole living under little local governments, feudal in so far as they were a survival of fierce wars with the barbarians, often monastic and carrying a far more friendly and fatherly character, still faintly imperial as far as Rome still ruled as a great legend. But in Italy something had survived more typical of the finer spirit of antiquity; the republic, Italy, was dotted with little states, largely democratic in their ideals, and often filled with real citizens. But the city no longer lay open as under the Roman peace, but was pent in high walls for defence against feudal war and all the citizens had to be soldiers. ~ G.K. Chesterton

That's what was so amazing about 'Mulan.' Here is this story with all Chinese characters, and yet so many people related to her character and loved the story. So I really think as long as you have a good story that relates to a lot of people, it doesn't matter what ethnicity it is. ~ Ming-Na Wen

I always love to do something different and new and be challenged by different characters. ~ Emilie De Ravin

All doubt is cowardice - all trust is brave. ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

'24' is a pretty serious show - there isn't a lot of improv that is happening. Having said that, I do play around with the delivery. A lot of the humor comes from playing a character who is very furious and really up in her own brain and in a serious situation. That is humorous to me. ~ Mary Lynn Rajskub

To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself. ~ James E. Faust

I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material. ~ Joan Rivers

Christopher Reeve so completely inhabited the character Superman when he was in that costume, and that had such a huge effect on me as a child, watching those films back in the '70s. There was so much of that character that was, for me, Superman. ~ Gary Frank

You ain't too smart, are ya boy? I'm Javier "Bones" Jones. I'm the baddest man there is in this town or any town through The Mississippi. You thinking you're gonna waltz up on me and kill me? Ha! I'll do for you like I did for my late dog and put you out of your misery. ~ Justin Bienvenue

Auditions are an opportunity to play and go in there and bring the character to life. The writers have it stuck in their head and haven't seen it jump off the page. ~ Jodie Sweetin

It was the face that disturbed me. The artist had lit it in such a way that it appeared very strong, actually, to my mind, brutal. The nose was long and thin, the full underlip protruberant [sic], and the blue eyes icy cold. There was a great deal of pride in his look - more than pride, arrogance, rather. I wondered if it were only animals he had hunted with that gun.
Yet there was no doubt that the face was well done. The contrast between light and dark was evidence enough of the artist's skill. The man, I thought, must have actually been proud of the insolence and brutality which I saw in his face. Otherwise he would never have let the artist depict so clearly those aspects of his character. ~ Barbara Cohen

Men do not relish the shield wall. They do not rush to death's embrace. You look ahead and see the overlapping shields, the helmets, the glint of axes and spears and swords, and you know you must go into the reach of those blades, into the place of death, and it takes time to summon the courage, to heat the blood, to let the madness overtake caution. ~ Bernard Cornwell

Pride is tough. You go to high school, and its 'pride,' 'courage;' it's all these types of words that we use to motivate us. I don't think there's anywhere in the Scriptures through the saints' lives where pride was ever a positive characteristic of anybody. ~ Troy Polamalu

I miss him for all the things he forgot to see in himself & if im lucky fate will help us rekindle a flame that never got set alight in the first place. ~ Nikki Rowe