Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

As for moral courage, it is very rare, he said, to find that kind found at 2 o'clock in the morning; that is to say, courage in the face of the unexpected.

A general of ordinary talent, occupying a bad position and surprised by a superior force, seeks his safety in retreat; but a great captain supplies all deficiencies by his courage, and marches boldly to meet the attack. By this means he disconcerts his adversary, and if this last shows any irresolution in his movements, a skilful leader, profiting by his indecision, may even hope for victory.