“We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.”

“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.”

“Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.”

“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”

“We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.”

“We become brave by doing brave acts.”

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”