Samuel Johnson Quotes about Courage

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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

Hope, 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 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

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)

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

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