Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Rash men wish for dangers beforehand but draw back when they are in them. Brave men are excited at the moment of action, but collected beforehand.

Courage is the first of human virtues because it makes all others possible.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances."— Aristotle

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

He is courageous who endures and fears the right thing, for the right motive, in the right way and at the right times.

The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

We become brave by doing brave acts.