Courage quotes

“Surrender's for wimps! I vote we die!”
Eli Wallach - Leon B. Little

“Rasputin is back for him. What I'm asking you is to have the courage to stand by him when I am gone. He was born a demon, we can't change that. But you will help him, in essence, to become a man.”

Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

“- Willy: What is she doin'?
- Joey: Oh, my God. She's prayin'.
- Deloris: Lord, I want you to forgive Willy and Joey, because they know not what they do. They're only doin' what Vince told 'em to do, because Vince is too chicken to do it himself! So he's called upon these two men to take care of his business! So I want you to forgive them, Lord.”

Richard Portnow - Willy
Robert Miranda - Joey
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
Whip Hubley - Hal Montgomery

“- Bobbi Campbell: If the gay community doesn't start raising hell, do you think Reagan is going to do a damn thing?
- The Choreographer: I wish I had your courage.
- Bobbi Campbell: Courage... no. I'm scared to death. I just have this self-determination to live. Don't you?”
Donal Logue - Bobbi Campbell
Richard Tiffany Gere - The Choreographer

“It is always the most courageous of men who wins the most beautiful women, but it is only the ruthless who get to keep them.”
Nicol Williamson - Colonel Schlissel

“- Professor Lillian Sloan: I told him we come in a good way, in peace. I also told him you were a great warrior who wasn't afraid to fight them all single-handedly.
- Tracker Lewis Gates: You've got to be kidding.
- Professor Lillian Sloan: The Cheyenne admire bravery. Let's just hope they don't put you to the test.”
Barbara Hershey - Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
Tom Berenger - Lewis Gates

“Courage of the heart is very rare. The stone has a power when it's there.”
Sir Derek Jacobi - Nicodemus

“- Major Buxton: Do you mean to tell me that you did it to save lives?
- Alvin: Yes sir, that was why.
- Major Buxton: What you've just told me is the most extraordinary thing of all!”
Stanley Ridges - Major Buxton
Gary Cooper - Alvin C. York

“It's not courage to resist me. It's courage to accept me.”
Robert Carlyle - Col. Ives

Love gives you wings. It makes you fly. I don't even call it love. I call it Geronimo. When you're in love, you'll jump right from the top of the Empire State and you won't care, screaming "Geronimo" the whole way down.
Mel Gibson - Jerry Fletcher

“Always when I'm dressing like this, there's a feel of rust in my throat, the taste of death... fear! But it's gone when I step into the arena. The minute I hear the music, the yell of the crowd, it's all right again.”

Tyrone Power - Juan

“- Grandpa Ivan: Superman isn't brave.
- Angus: Did you take your pills this morning?
- Grandpa Ivan: You don't understand. He's smart, handsome, even decent. But he's not brave. No, listen to me. Superman is indestructible, and you can't be brave if you're indestructible. It's people like you and your mother. People who are different, and can be...” (continue)(continue reading)
George C. Scott - Grandpa Ivan
Charlie Talbert - Angus Bethune

“Cowards die many times before their death; the valiant only taste death but once.”
Wentworth Miller - Young Coleman Silk

“- Heinrich Himmler: A soldier dies with courage, Heydrich.
- Reinhardt Heydrich: A true Nazi, eh? I would like to see how you and your Führer would act if your insides were shot out. Why can't I get morphine? Its getting dark. I want to live!
- Heinrich Himmler: You are dying for the Führer.”
Howard Freeman - Heinrich Himmler
John Carradine - Reinhardt Heydrich

“This is it! Don't get scared now!”

Macaulay Culkin - Kevin McCallister

“You don't scare me, freak. Underneath all that hair, you're still a dork, Scott. I've handled your kind before. Your mama used to steal chickens out of the backyard until I blew her head off with a shotgun. Right, Scott?”

Mark Arnold - Mick

“Let me tell you something: you couldn't have convinced me the way you did unless somewhere in you you had that courage! Nobody's that good an actor! You are that silly goddamn hero!”

Mark Linn-Baker - Benjy Stone

“- G'mork: If you come any closer, I will rip you to shreds.
- Atreyu: Who are you?
- G'mork: I am G'mork. And you, whoever you are, can have the honor of being my last victim.
- Atreyu: I will not die easily. I am a warrior!”
Alan Oppenheimer - G'mork
Noah Hathaway - Atreyu

“- Annie: That was a hell of a thing you did up there. Anybody else would have given up.
- Peter: Not everybody.
- Annie: He'd be proud of you. Angry, but really proud.”

Robin Tunney - Annie Garrett
Chris O'Donnell - Peter Garrett

“- King Arthur: Is there any news? Have the knights found Excalibur?
- Merlin: I'm afraid not, Sire.
- King Arthur: Then I'll go after it myself.
- Merlin: No. You must regain your strength.
- King Arthur: Is there anything your magic can do?
- Merlin: You must rely on the courage of your people.”
Pierce Brosnan - King Arthur
John Gielgud - Merlin

“There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. But he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams.”
Olivia Williams - Mrs. Darling

“I've never prized safety, Erich, either for myself or my children. I prized courage.”

Frank Morgan - Professor Viktor Roth

“You are a brave woman.”

Robert Forster - Abdul

“- Benny Wong: You are not man enough to kill me.
- Bobby Vu: No, but we kill you anyway, Uncle Benny!”
Kim Chan - Benny Wong
Byron Mann - Bobby Vu