4 Joseph Conrad Quotes on Courage

Joseph Conrad quotes on courage

14. Facing it - always facing it - that's the way to get through.

23. The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

39. Having had to encounter single-handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralyzing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a man struggling with natural forces, alone, far from the eyes of his fellows.

50. The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.