Samuel Johnson on courage

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

~ Samuel Johnson, essayist, critic, lexicographer

Mahatma Gandhi on standing against the crowd

It's easy to stand with the crowd; it takes courage to stand alone.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Charlie Munger on the balance between competency and gumption

You have to strike the right balance between competency or knowledge on the one hand and gumption on the other. Too much competency and no gumption is no good.  And if you don't know your circle of competence, then too much gumption will get you killed.  But the more you know the limits to your knowledge, the more valuable gumption is.

~ Charlie Munger

(As quoted by Jason Zweig, "A Fireside Chat With Charlie Munger," The Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2014

Rollo May on cowardice

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. 

~ Rollo May, American psychiatrist

Bionic Mosquito on speaking out

Jordan Peterson would respond when asked why he is speaking out on issues in a manner that offers him nothing but abuse in reply: Yes, there is a cost to speaking out; there is, at times, a greater cost not to speak out.

Now is most definitely one of those times.

~ Bionic Mosquito, "The Ideal of Humility," LewRockwell.com, July 2, 2020

Saint Augustine on hope

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

~ Saint Augustine of Hippo, City of God (426 AD)

Anais Nin on courage

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

~ Anais Nin

Andrew Jackson on courage

One man with courage makes a majority.

~ Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Lao Tzu on courage

A man with outward courage dares to die. A man with inward courage dares to live.

~ Lao Tzu