Courage Quotes
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Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.
Paul Johnson -
Something I learned along the way is that you really have to have courage in life. You can do amazing things on any level. It doesn't have to change the world; it can just impact the people around you - that's just as amazing.
Joy Mangano
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What courage and patience are wanted for every life that aims to produce anything!
George Eliot -
Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when it grows from doubt.
Alice Hegan Rice -
I had never liked bullying of any sort, especially when an individual acquires his courage by becoming part of a faceless mob. I always say if you need fake courage, get it out of a bottle like I do.
Gary Reilly -
A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.
Confucius -
If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."
Charles Alexander Eastman -
It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving home.
Scott Westerfeld
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Courage is knowing what to fear.
Plato -
Kids are afraid that if they race too fast they will get tired. Way too much fear and way too little COURAGE.
Gerry Lindgren -
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.
Bessel van der Kolk -
Come, and the only limits to what you'll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent.
Nicolas Sarkozy -
Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most.
Conn Iggulden -
Courage frees us from the fears that would rob us of life itself.
Erwin McManus
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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 -
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Nicholas Murray Butler -
Our courage comes from the courage of others.
Simon Sinek -
It takes courage to be the author of your life.
Nicholas Lore -
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
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Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.
Confucius -
Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.
Nitin Nohria -
Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.
John Murray -
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