Courage Quotes

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage

Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart.

The effort to see things without distortion takes something like courage and this courage is essential to the artist, who has to look at everything as though he saw it for the first time.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Gratefulness has the courage to trust and so overcomes fear.

Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other.

There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.

The time has come to recover the valiant courage of our forefathers, who understood that faith and freedom are inseparable, and that they are worth fighting for.

Coppi? Is he the one we followed in the Giro del Piemonte? The guy who is as skinny as an asparagus? He doesn't lack courage, I'll give you that, but I think he's kind of fragile.

We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.

The thing about courage is it’s something that we have to learn and relearn our whole lives. It’s not just in you, it’s in every choice we make every day.

Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.

Most of us have more potential than we will ever develop. What holds us back is often a lack of courage.

We, as human beings, should wish to be loved and embraced for our character, respected and relied on for our courage, and trusted for our conscience.

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

People May Hate You For Being Different and Not Living By Society's Standards,but Deep Down,They Wish They Had The Courage To Do The Same.

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

Lord, give me the heart of a child, and the awesome courage to live it out as an adult.

Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

Life without the courage to die is slavery.

Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and needs.

Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.

We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.

You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.

I may not be the lithest, the most talented, or have the fastest time in the field, but I have passion and courage, and sometimes that is enough to do something extraordinary.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

Maturity is having the courage to use one's own intelligence!

The secret to tapping into the supernatural is for you to have the courage to do the natural first.

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished

It takes a lot of courage to be the same person on the outside that you are on the inside.

Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

To be what I term a 'quality' human being one has to be transparently real and have the courage to be what he is.

The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.

Those who want to burn books are either afraid of the ideas contained within the covers or they haven't the courage to stand up for the views which they themselves profess to hold.

We stumble and fall constantly, even when we are most enlightened.

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.

Have the courage of your knowledge and experience. If you have formed a conclusion from the facts and if you know your judgment is sound, act on it – even though others may hesitate or differ.

It takes courage to do what you want. Other people have a lot of plans for you... Follow your bliss.

I believe that to do anything in this world one needs a love for risk and adventure, and above all, to be able to do without what middle-class families call "future."

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