Moral Courage Quotes

70 quotes by 57 authors

The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it. — Margaret Heffernan
The mere size of the brain has been proved to be no measure of superiority. The woman has greater moral courage than the man; she… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Consequently, the truth of God lives in our souls more by the power of superior moral courage than by the light of an eminent intelligence.… — Thomas Merton
In America, the traditional routes to black identity have hardly been normal. Suicide (disappearance by imitation, or willed extinction), violence (hysterical religiosity, crime, armed revolt),… — June Jordan
Here's an experiment: For one whole day think, speak, and act exactly as you would if you were absolutely convinced of the truth of the… — Emmet Fox
Everybody Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue and renders a man,… — Samuel Griswold Goodrich
When I today ask myself whence I got the moral courage, for it takes moral courage to make a move (or form a plan) running… — Aron Nimzowitsch
It is a great thing to see physical courage, and greater still to see moral courage, but the greatest to see of all is spiritual… — Oswald Chambers
There is too much animal courage in society and not sufficient moral courage. — Mary Baker Eddy
Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a… — Theodore Sturgeon
Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage. — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Have the moral courage to stand firm in obeying Godâ€™s will, even if you have to stand alone. — Ulisses Soares
If wisdom in government eludes us, perhaps courage could substitute-the moral courage to terminate mistakes. — Barbara Tuchman
As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test. — Oriana Fallaci
We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. — Harper Lee
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. — Abraham Lincoln
The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so… — John Stuart Mill
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other… — Dennis Prager

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