The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
Courage
Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children’s children, pure on their tongues, and free.
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
Optimism is the foundation of courage.