Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Quote by G K Chesterton

Topics: Courage Quotes

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking...

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year....

The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year....

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly...

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly...

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

All government is an ugly necessity.

All government is an ugly necessity.

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size...

I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size...