“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
More from Sir Winston Churchill on Courage
“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without vicory there is no survival.”
“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
“We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.”
“So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm.”
“In War: Resolution,In Defeat: Defiance,In Victory: MagnanimityIn Peace: Good Will.”
“Victory at all costs victory in spite of all terror victory however long and hard the road may be for without victory there is no survival.”
“Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.”
“Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.”
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.”
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.”
Henrik Ibsen
5 quotes“And what if I did run my ship aground oh still it was splendid to sail it!”
Plutarch
5 quotes“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”