Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.