William Shakespeare Quotes About Courage

• Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Death, Running

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

• Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Courage, Heart

  William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (2004). “Macbeth”, p.35, Oxford University Press, USA

• The coward dies a thousand deaths, the valiant, only once!

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Coward, Arms

• Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

  William Shakespeare

  Leadership, Courage, Lying

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. 30

• Boldness be my friend.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Bravery, My Friends

  'Cymbeline' (1609-10) act 1, sc. 6, l. 16

• Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou fear'st.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Art, Action

  William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.104

• We fail!
  But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
  And we'll not fail.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Encouraging, Courage

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 54

• He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Promise, Lambs

  William Shakespeare (1858). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, with a Glossary”, p.131

• What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Cat, Care

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 5, sc. 1, l. [135]

• By how much unexpected, by so much
  We must awake endeavour for defence;
  For courage mounteth with occasion.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Unexpected, Endeavour

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.32, BookCaps Study Guides

• Where I could not be honest,
  I never yet was valiant.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Honesty, Being Honest

  William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.262

• The thing of courage
  As rous'd with rage doth sympathise,
  And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key,
  Retorts to chiding fortune.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Keys, Self

  William Shakespeare (2015). “Troilus and Cressida”, p.23, Library of Alexandria

• Why, courage then! what cannot be avoided
  'Twere childish weakness to lament or fear.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Weakness, Avoided

  1592 Margaret. HenryVI PartThree, act 5, sc.4, l.37-8.

• O, the blood more stirs
  To rouse a lion than to start a hare!

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Blood, Lions

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 1, sc. 3, l. 197

• The smallest worm will turn being trodden on,
  And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Dove, Worms

  William Shakespeare, John D. Cox, Eric Rasmussen (2001). “King Henry VI Part 3: Third Series”, p.233, Cengage Learning EMEA

• You must not think
  That we are made of stuff so fat and dull
  That we can let our beard be shook with danger
  And think it pastime.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Thinking, Dull

  William Shakespeare (1850). “Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon”, p.16

• That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Breakfast, Lions

  William Shakespeare, J. M. Jephson (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.454

• I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Peace, Men

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 46

• It is held that valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Dignity, Virtue

  William Shakespeare, Oliver William Bourn Peabody, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons, John Payne Collier (1839). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus”, p.492

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