#age

Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over the centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#patriotism #war #courage

An end in terror is preferable to terror without end. ↗

— Sophie Scholl

#german #terror #courage

But he'd learned long ago that a life lived without risks pretty much wasn't worth living. Life rewarded courage, even when that first step was taken neck-deep in fear. ↗

— Tamera Alexander

#risk-taking #courage

Some people don't care if they live or they die. Some people want to know what it feels like to fly. They gather their courage and they give it a try And fall under the wheels of time going by. ↗

— Patty Griffin

#courage

God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. ↗

— Phyllis McGinley

#courage

We must substitute courage for caution. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#courage #courage

Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a fight. It may be THE fight. I may be the final fight. And what else are we good at, you and me? What are we going to do if we ever get out there anyway? ↗

— Michael Grant

#endgame #fighting-evil #courage

Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. ↗

— Sophie Scholl

#courage

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong! ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#means-justifying-the-ends #moral-courage #courage

One man with courage makes a majority. ↗

— Andrew Jackson

#courage #courage