Courage Quotes

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

"Dare to be yourself."

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become."

"Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

"It always seems impossible until it's done."

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

"Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is feeling the fear, the doubt, the insecurity, and deciding that something else is more important."

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

"You must do the things you think you cannot do."

"Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."

"Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise."

"The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage."

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

"Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing."

"Fortune favours the brave."

"He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty."

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage."

"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble."

"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."

"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong."

"Stand up for what you believe in even if it means standing alone."

"Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods."

"The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all."

"Walking into a room full of strangers takes courage. Walking into a room full of your fears takes heart."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying I will try again tomorrow."

"True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow."

"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

"A ship in harbour is safe — but that is not what ships are built for."

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive."

"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it."

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."

"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential."

"Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right?"

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore."

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."

"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."

"It requires more courage to suffer than to die."

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

"Fear cuts deeper than swords."

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

"Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success."

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."

"Only the brave know how to forgive."

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return."

"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."

"Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."

"Brave doesn't mean you're not scared. It means you go anyway."

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

"He who dares, wins."

"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar."

"Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life."

"Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical."

"Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall."

"Courage is grace under pressure."

"Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing."

"Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid."

"The bravest thing you can do is continue when you have every reason to stop."