Samuel Johnson Quotes About Courage

• [C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.

  Samuel Johnson

  Meaningful, Courage, Men

  Samuel Johnson (1798). “Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson”, p.126

• He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

  Samuel Johnson

  Wisdom, Courage, Passion

  Samuel Johnson (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].”, p.304

• Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

  Samuel Johnson

  Hope, Courage

• Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages.

  Samuel Johnson

  Love, Courage, Truth

  The Idler no. 30 (11 Nov. 1758)

• Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

  Samuel Johnson

  Courage, Bravery, Be Brave

  Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc”

• Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

  Samuel Johnson

  Courage, Quality, Vices

  Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.276

• Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

  Samuel Johnson

  Positive, Leadership, Wisdom

• He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

  Samuel Johnson

  Courage, Honesty, Work

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: with Murphy's essay”, p.82

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