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Courage Quotes


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


"It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head."


"We need to develop courage, and we need to develop it in small ways first..... You develop a little courage, so that if you decide, "I will not stay in rooms where women are belittled; I will not stay in company where races, no matter who they are, are belittled; I will not take it; I will not sit around and accept dehumanising other human beings: - if you decide to do that in small ways, and you continue to do it - finally you realize you've got so much courage. Imagine it - you've got so much courage that people want to be around you. They get a feeling that they will be protected in your company."


"When your dream turns into a nightmare, rise to the challenge and slaughter the dragons."


"With wine and food, the confidence of my own table, and the necessity of reassuring my wife, I grew by insensible degrees courageous and secure."


"Neither have they hearts to stay Nor wit enough to run away."


"Courage only counts when you can count."


"The duel may go on for long, but the self-defense often wins over the self-reproach."


"The less courage you have, the more dwarf you shall be; the more courage you have, the more giant you shall be!"


"It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual; it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all."


"We can overcome the uncertainties in life with courage and hope."


"Stop being afraid of fear, let it be scared of you."


"For those who challenge the great dangers fearlessly, let us remind this realistic probability: Fear can save your life and courage may kill you; thus sometimes fear is a reasonable path to continue your path!"


"Fear must die for your dreams to live."


"Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard."



"There is nothing to fear in this world. Whatever happens, it happens to the body-complex [relative-self], right?"


"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."


"You are here, alive and awake and for whatever reasons you have fought your battles, it's time to start focusing on what strengths pulled you up when the entire world had knocked you down. That's where the virtue in self grows."


"Courage cannot be unveiled without reality."


"I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running."


"We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear."


"The greatest mountain anyone can conquer is fear."


"Throw a warrior to the wolves and he'll return a conqueror."


"Many want to be a warrior but they don't know what a lonely, tough, or pain staking journey it is. Warriors have to fight on behalf of the defenseless, defend what is right, as well as fight believers and non-believers alike. In reality, few like warriors because they confront their own, and their own think they're above being confronted. The warrior, you see, most often walks alone."


"We should be unshakable and uncompromising while we stand for God's truth."


"Haven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem."


"For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance."
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