“Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.”
More from Thomas S. Monson on Courage
“To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility.”
“The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.”
“May we muster courage at the crossroads, courage for the conflicts, courage to say, "no," courage to say, "yes," for courage counts.”
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.”
Plautus
7 quotes“Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage compri...”
Veronica Roth
7 quotes“Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.”
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.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
6 quotes“Courage is the footstool of the Virtues upon which they stand.”
Cervantes
6 quotes“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.”
Napoleon
6 quotes“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.”
Plutarch
5 quotes“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”