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Classical antiquity8 quotes
Fortune favors the brave. — Virgil · 19 BCBe like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous. — Pericles · 430 BCIf the Persians hide the sun, the battle will be in shade rather than sunlight. — Herodotus · 430 BCFortune assists the brave. — Terence · 161 BCEven if strength fail, boldness at least will
Deserve praise: in great endeavors even to have
Had the will is enough. — Propertius · 15 BCAll 8 quotes →The Renaissance4 quotes
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once. — William Shakespeare · 1599The better part of valor is discretion. — William Shakespeare · 1597For courage mounteth with occasion. — William Shakespeare · 1616Our doubts are traitors
And makes us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt. — William Shakespeare · 1616Colonial America1 quote
How few there are who have courage enough to own their Faults, or resolution enough to mend them! — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Middle Ages1 quote
Here one must leave behind all hesitation;
here every cowardice must meet its death. — Dante Alighieri · 1321New Testament Era1 quote
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. — 2nd Timothy 1:7 · 67