Courage Quotes
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The authoritarian sets up some book, or man, or tradition to establish the truth. The freethinker sets up reason and private judgment to discover the truth... It takes the highest courage to utter unpopular truths.
Herbert Spencer -
Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at one time or another, failed at something. Often repeatedly, and discouragingly. But each failure is nothing more than a brick in the wall that forms the foundation of our success. We can't forget that.
Carleton Young
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Our courage comes from the courage of others.
Simon Sinek -
Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.
George Horace Lorimer -
There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
Sydney Smith -
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.
Ray Stannard Baker -
Courage calls to courage everywhere, and its voice cannot be denied.
Millicent Fawcett
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Of course fear does not automatically lead to courage. Injury does not necessarily lead to insight. Hardship will not automatically make us better. Pain can break us or make us wiser. Suffering can destroy us or make us stronger. Fear can cripple us, or it can make us more courageous. It is resilience that makes the difference.
Eric Greitens -
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.
Margaret Mitchell -
I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.
Guan Moye -
In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.
Henrik Ibsen -
If it's not as easy as we thought it was, for women to speak our truth, to even know our truth, then the missing ingredient is some sort of inner courage. To first of all, believe in the validity of who we are. And then to speak from it. It takes inner courage. As a leader in a large organization, I've often been the only woman working with powerful men, especially when I was younger.
Elizabeth Lesser -
Your courage to do what's right has to be greater than your fear of getting hurt...
Hasan Minhaj
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A total commitment gives you the extra ounce of courage that it takes to win.
Arthur L. Williams, Jr. -
The men didn’t want to waste time beaching the ship. I heard a loud splash as Prince Jason himself slung the stone anchor overboard; then he took up his sword and shield before jumping into the hip-deep water. His bare legs churned the water to foam as he raced toward the battle. If lying came easily to him, so did courage; I had to give him that.
Esther M. Friesner -
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Mark Victor Hansen -
Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
Seth Godin -
It's only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.
Sean Penn -
There is in true Beauty, as in Courage, somewhat which narrow Souls cannot dare to admire.
William Congreve
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I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.
George Michael -
We all have wings, but it is up to each one of us to have the courage to fly
Miranda Kerr -
It takes far more courage to violate a custom than a law.
Evan Esar -
To be afraid and to be brave is the best kind of courage of all.
Alice Dalgliesh