Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in meeting it with the eyes open. Jean Paul.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause. Plutarch.

Courage! even sorrows, when once they are vanished, quicken the soul, as rain the valley. Salis.

Courage is generosity of the highest order, 60 for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things. Colton.

Courage is on all hands considered an essential of high character. Froude.

Courage is the wisdom of manhood; foolhardiness, the folly of youth. Pr.

Courage mounteth with occasion. King John, ii. 1.

Courage never to submit or yield. Milton.

Courage of soul is necessary for the triumphs 65 of genius. Mme. de Staël.

Courage of the soldier awakes the courage of woman. Emerson.