“Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.”
More from Plutarch on Courage
“The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.”
“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.”
Others on Courage
Martin Luther King
11 quotes“If a man hasn’t found something he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.”
Sir Winston Churchill
9 quotes“So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me...”
Erica Jong
8 quotes“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
Veronica Roth
7 quotes“Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.”
Plautus
7 quotes“Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage compri...”
Seneca
6 quotes“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
Brené Brown
6 quotes“Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.”
Audre Lorde
6 quotes“When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.”
Cervantes
6 quotes“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
6 quotes“Courage is the footstool of the Virtues upon which they stand.”
Napoleon
6 quotes“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.”
Henrik Ibsen
5 quotes“And what if I did run my ship aground oh still it was splendid to sail it!”