Courage Quotes

Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune.

We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.

If you will respond to the invitation to share your beliefs and feelings about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, a spirit of love and a spirit of courage will be your constant companion.

Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.

When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the courage to mercilessly pluck it out.

You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.

In the shadow of death he produces life, and though the senses are terrified, faith taking all for the best, is full of courage and assurance.

Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which cannot be changed, the courage to change that which should be changed, no matter what it takes, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Courage is the facing of a challenge with a healthy fear, not being fearless.

With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be thrown into the other to correct the balance. The greater they are, the greater the margin that can be left for accidents.

Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.

Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.

The best leaders operate in four dimensions: vision, reality, ethics, and courage.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

If you have the courage to touch life for the first time, you will never know what hit you. Everything man has thought, felt and experienced is gone, and nothing is put in its place.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Don't be afraid of silly ideas.

Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.

Let us be brave in the face of adversity.

Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.

He never gave up. And he does that for us

Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine.

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons.

What an amazing creative way to magnify, and illuminate the courage of 30 Sheroes whose courage, leadership and character is symbolic of the many unsung Women Sheroes of past and present.

Successful tape reading is a study of Force; it requires ability to judge which side has the greatest pulling power and one must have the courage to go with that side.

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

But sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself.

We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements: fear and love. Love is of the soul. Fear is of the personality.

I'm amazed at the courage of the journalists on the frontlines in Iraq, but we need intellectual courage in our community.

Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.

In the end what will happen will be what has happened whenever a civilization breaks up. The people who have brains and courage come through and the ones who haven't are winnowed out.

The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

Creation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence.

Dare to be irrational! - keep free from formulas, open to any fresh impulse, fluid.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error

Friends create the world anew each day. Without their loving care, courage would not suffice to keep heartsstrong for life.

Change of any sort requires courage.

More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms.

To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of loneliness and to change it by gentle and persistent efforts into a garden of solitude.

It takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak.

Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.

If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.