Courage Quotes

To be truly free, it takes more determination, courage, introspection, and restraint than to be in shackles.

In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.

None of us can hope to get anywhere without character, moral courage and the spiritual strength to accept responsibility.

Is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater courage? Without her, man would not be. If nonviolence is to be the law of our being, the future is with women.

How powerful prayer is! May we never lose the courage to say: Lord, give us your peace.

No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.

We can not overestimate the fervent love of liberty, the intelligent courage, and the sum of common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government.

Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare.

If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it out.

Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus.

Sometimes, she thought, courage was simply a matter of putting one foot in front of another and not stopping.

Confidence is something you acquire in yourself by believing in self ability with courage and conviction.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

I am not afraid of a fight; I have to do my duty, come what may.

It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully.

Having the courage to stand up and pursue your dreams will give you life's greatest reward and life's greatest adventure.

Courage is a self-inflicted quality that gains momentum every time you try it.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well.

It takes a lot of courage to be happy (after the death of a spouse), but I've got courage, so I think I will be happy again.

I learned very early in my life never to take counsel in my fears.

A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.

Courage conquers all things.

Education is not acquisition of burdensome information regarding objects and men. It is the awareness of the immortal spirit within,, which is the spring of joy, peace and courage.

Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.

Success takes the courage to know who you really are and be comfortable with that.

Courage Is a Love Affair with the Unknown

No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo

Courage does not panic; it prays. Courage does not bemoan; it believes. Courage does not languish; it listens

A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today.

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.

Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage.

With each new experience of letting God be in control, we gain courage and reinforcement for daring to do it again and again.

For the first time in my life, I have tasted life. Life is wonderful but very dangerous. If you have the courage to live it - it's marvelous!

Courage comes from acting courageously on a day-to-day basis.

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure in order to embrace the new & unknown.

Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?

In politics, one can learn some things from cycling, such as how to have character and courage. Sometimes in politics there isn't enough of those things.

Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver.

The insight to see possible new paths, the courage to try them, the judgment to measure results - these are the qualities of a leader.

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Graham's wonderful sentence as, an investor needs only two things: cash and courage. Having only one of them is not enough.

[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.

The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all the courage to go further.

Courage doesn't always roar.

I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!"

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

The Spirit goes ahead of us when we witness--- preparing the way, giving us the words, and granting us courage.

Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.

Courage is not the absence of fear and pain, but the affirmation of life despite fear and pain.