Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.
It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
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