Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Courage

Quotes about: Courage

• We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Courage, Danger, Certain

  "Premier Supplément", 42, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 142-44, 1922.

• One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Life, Courage, Cynical

• True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Life, Courage, Memorial Day

  "Maxims". Book by Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1665.

• Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Courage, Perfect

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, no. 216, 1665.

• The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and especially a suitabletemperament.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Courage, Men, Vanity

• Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Courage, Perfect, World

• Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at the root of the valour men hold in such high esteem.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Courage, Men, Roots

• What we take for virtue is often but an assemblage of various ambitions and activities that chance, or our own astuteness, have arranged in a certain manner; and it is not always out of courage or purity that men are brave, and women chaste.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Courage, Ambition, Men

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