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Courage Quotes


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


"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them."


"Courage only counts when you can count."


"Fearlessness is like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the more natural it becomes to not let your fears run you."


"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."


"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."


"A lion will never be afraid of sheep, no matter how many outnumber it."



"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."


"Bellona has answered my prayer. She doesn't fight my battles for me. She doesn't guarantee me easy victory. She grants me opportunities to prove myself. She gives me strong enemies and potential allies."


"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."


"The greatest mountain anyone can conquer is fear."


"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain whether of our worth or worthlessness we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage."


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


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


"Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise."


"A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear."


"By standing alone, you prove your courage. By standing with others, you prove your love. By standing with truth, you prove your virtue. By standing with God, you prove your faith."


"As I embarked on; what was to be the greatest adventure of my life; critics appeared before me. ' you can't, you won't, what if?' Noise filled the air with meaningless words as they confessed their hidden fears, with opinionations of my path. They saw me as crazy, but only those whom were yet to understand themselves."


"A journey to the unknown shores needs a port, a ship, a wind; but more important than all of them: Courage; courage to leave the known for the unknown!"


"Idealistic world views should be our focus."


"Your greatest moments of challenge are a call to defy your timid habits of safety and rush out into life."


"He had no notion of meeting danger half-way. When it came upon him, he confronted it, but it must come before he troubled himself."


"To protect the innocent, to avoid being one of Burke's good men who do nothing, you have to accept permanent scars that cincture the heart and traumas of the mind that occasionally reopen to weep again."


"To overcome something great you must first learn to overcome your own fears."


"Do I dare Disturb the universe?"


"We don't move with our legs and arms, but with courage and will power."


"He, who fails to acknowledge and appreciate the real courage of our fathers, fails to appreciate the real lessons that the courage of our fathers teaches us today! The courage and the wisdom that propelled our fathers to move unrelentingly in their days must be nothing to us, but, a real reason for us to be more than courageous enough to do the undone distinctively in our days."
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