“The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.”
More from Plutarch on Courage
“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.”
“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”
“Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.”
“Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.”
Others on Courage
Martin Luther King
11 quotes“There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their free...”
Sir Winston Churchill
9 quotes“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without vicory...”
Erica Jong
8 quotes“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the...”
Plautus
7 quotes“Courage in danger is half the battle.”
Veronica Roth
7 quotes“I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave”
Seneca
6 quotes“Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
Audre Lorde
6 quotes“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whet...”
Cervantes
6 quotes“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.”
Brené Brown
6 quotes“Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all...”
Robert Louis Stevenson
6 quotes“To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.”
Napoleon
6 quotes“With audacity one can undertake anything.”
Henrik Ibsen
5 quotes“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”