Hermann Hesse Quotes

Nobody scares me.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don't know me yet.

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

I don’t care how honest a man is. If he is timid, he is no good.

I'm not scared of anybody.

I am scared of nobody.

I'm not afraid of anybody.

I fear no accusations.

I don't fear anyone.

There was no quality Robert Kennedy admired more than courage.

I'm not scared of any man.

Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.

Courage is a strange thing: One can never be sure of it

Fear could never make virtue.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities - because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

I get paralyzingly nervous a lot of times, so I tried bravado. The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: 'strength.'

The funny thing is most people don't approach me because they are scared, and that's fine, I want to keep it that way. But the thing is if you're not scared or get over it you learn that sometimes what you're scared of is really what you shouldn't be scared of.

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose.

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you.

My biggest strength is I'm courageous, or if I am afraid of something, I do it anyway. I do what I feel. It's nothing personal against anyone, so that courageousness has been very good to me.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.