Famous Quotes

"Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage."

Theodore Roosevelt on Courage

More quotes about Courage

• "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."

  Steve Jobs on Courage

• "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"

  Eleanor Roosevelt on Courage

• "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

  Nelson Mandela on Courage

• "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

  Winston Churchill on Courage

• "There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right."

  Ronald Reagan on Courage

More quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

• "Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young."

• "The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead."

• "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

• "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

• "The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."