Courage and Sayings About It

Courage? What is courage? Is it being unconscious to a certain degree? Can you call someone who loves bungee jumping, a courageous person? Is there physical courage and spiritual courage?Here are some answers in a nutshell:

"Gird your sword upon your side, O mighty one; clothe yourself with splendor and majesty. In your majesty ride forth victoriously in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness; let your right hand display awesome deeds." Psalm 45:3-4

In other words, taking the side of truth, humility and righteousness in every situation is the definition of courage.

"Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint." Galatians 6:9

"So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?" Hebrews 13:6

"So you also must be patient: keeping up your courage; for the Coming of the Lord is now close at hand." James 5:8

"And now, Lord, listen to their threats, and enable Thy servants to proclaim Thy Message with fearless courage." Acts 4:29

See how other great personalities see courage:

"Do not keep away from the measure which has no limit, or from the task which has no end." Tarfon (c. 2nd century) Religious leader

"We often rebel against the strenuousness and chaos of our time. But historically it has always been in such time that man won his great inner victories."E. M. McKee

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" Mark Twain

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" Anais Nin

Physical courage versus moral courage:

"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare" Mark Twain

"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict." William Ellery Channing

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake." Victor Hugo

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads." Erica Jong

"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are" Unknown

"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." Robert G. Ingersoll

"It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it." Geoffrey F. Abert

"Often the test of courage is not to die but to live." Conte Vittorio Alfieri

"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort." Sydney Smith

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says: "I'll try again tomorrow."" Anne Hunninghake

"You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore." Unknown

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others." Aristotle

"The scars you acquire by exercising courage, Will never make you feel inferior." Battista

"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear
what ought not to be feared" David Ben-Gurion

"That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward." Edgar Allan Poe

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau

"The courageous don't live forever, but the timid don't live at all." Unknown

From the Bible:

"Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!" 1 Corinthians 16:13

"Be strong and courageous, fear them not, neither be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God, he it is that goeth with thee; he will not leave thee, nor forsake thee." Deuteronomy 31:6

"I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: I have won the victory over the world." John 16:33