Mark Twain Quotes about Courage
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Mark Twain (2013). “Autobiography of Mark Twain”, p.372, Univ of California Press
To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.
Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.33, Courier Corporation
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
Speech, Hartford, Conn., 1884
Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.
Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 12, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)