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Courage Quotes


"The most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage."


"Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or whatever other paralyzing emotion you might feel. Courage is taking action.....no matter what. So you're afraid? Be afraid. Be scared silly to the point you're trembling and nauseous, but do it anyway!"


"Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself."


"You need courage because at various moments in your life you might need to attempt something new, push yourself outside your comfort zone, challenge the status quo, change your story, or overcome your fear."


"If you are foe, we do not fear you. If you are friend, your foes will be taught the fear of us."


"I stare at him. "You can't risk not winning. Not because of me." Sean doesn't lift his eyes from the counter. "We make our move when you make yours. You on the inside, me on the outside. Corr can come from the middle of the pack; he's done it before. It's one side you won't have to worry about." I say, "I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick." Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, "It's late for that, Puck."


"Those who don't want to take risks in life end up been the losers."


"So few want to be rebels anymore. And out of those few, most, like myself, scare easily."


"Dare to be a fool in the face of impossibilities."


"We stand the risk of backwardness, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks."


"Every one of us, at some time or another, has allowed fear to prevent us from living our best possible life. The first step in conquering our fears is to identify and confront them. Among the most common are: Failure Success Being rejected Looking stupid Financial insecurity Falling on your face Being vulnerable Appearing weak or unhealthy Exposing your secrets Being alone or unloved Upsetting the status quo Disappointing others."


"My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up."


"Can you call yourself a coward simply because the courage of others seems to you out of proportion to the triviality of the occasion? Thus wisdom creates cowards. And thus you miss Opportunity while spending your life on the lookout for it."


"Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."


"I strike spurs into my horse. Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!"


"I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing."


"The fear of getting knocked down is less about the pain of the fall and more about the embarrassment in having fallen. And so, to rid myself of the latter is to reduce my concern about the former, which means I just unleashed my life."


"Many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. [But]that does not lessen their beauty..."


"The tree that stands to the tempest is strong; the tree that refuses to bend, the strongest."


"Fear is a lethal killer of dreams, the greatest cancer that has beset passion, and a ruthless thief of lives stolen and buried in the decay of lives squandered. Yet the greatest tragedy of all is that the fear that destroys us is rarely the monster it pretends to be, nor does it possess anything close to the power that we grant it. Therefore, it is only a killer, a cancer and a thief because we empower it to be so."


"We cannot achieve or goal when we are afraid, not confident, passive and indecisive."


"You've got to be brave and you've got to be bold. Brave enough to take your chance on your own discrimination - what's right and what's wrong what's good and what's bad."


"A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage."


"Don't think about sharks when you are walking on water."


"I sheep's idea of bravery : To become a wolf's pet."


"Have the courage to take off your mask and be humbled."
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