Army Quote by Leon L. Van Autreve

Father give me the strength to endure inaccurate perceptions; The serenity in finding a peaceful mind; The forgiving spirit to turn the other cheek;…

— Anonymous

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

— Claude Monet

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

— Mark Twain

“He must have courage, not the physical courage required on a battlefield but the moral courage to make and carry out decisions that might…

— Alistair MacLean

It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare

— Mark Twain

“Besides the moral courage required to accept commissions in the Fifty-fourth at the time it was organizing, physical courage was also necessary, for the…

— Luis Fenollosa Emilio

It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.

— Albert Schweitzer

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?

— Mark Twain

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.

— Oriana Fallaci

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

— Anonymous

I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage…

— Woodrow Wilson