ABOUT COURAGE
Journal of Business Strategy
The last word: Courage.
Courage is often a quiet thing, not much remarked upon. But on September 11, hundreds of those quiet acts merged to become deafening roar, and we had too many object lessons in the meaning of courage to absorb at once. So here we look back to the past for reflections not only on the nature of courage, but also on its importance.
One man with courage is a majority. Andrew Jackson
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. John Quincy Adams
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Mark Twain
Courage--a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. William T. Sherman
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses his courage loses all. Miguel De Cervantes
Freedom is a system based on courage. Charles Peguy
Courage is grace under pressure. Ernest Hemingway
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. Winston Churchill
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: The knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. David Ben-Gurion
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward! Thomas A. Edison