Mark Twain Quotes

The courage of New England was the courage of conscience.

Courage is the most important of the virtues because it is the one that makes all the others possible.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

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

Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.

Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

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

I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid. I don't consider it a moral virtue.

You stand up for what you believe in.

I believe that you have to live a life that involves both courage and compassion.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

If you don't have courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues.

Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character.

Cowardice is the greatest sin.

Fear could never make virtue.

Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

To me, bravery is to stand up for what you believe in.