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Courage Quotes


"If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests."



"Most so-called brave people lack imagination. As though they can't conceive of what would happen if something went wrong. The truly brave overcome their imagination and do what they have to do."


"You don't have to swim when you know how to walk on water."


"Only cowards leave words unspoken."


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


"Don't fear to sing alone. If your song is right and melodies are touching, listeners will appear."


"Feeling shy is simply replacing courage with the feeling and fear of how others will perceive or what they will say about us after and act. Courage dares regardless."


"The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear."



"The world will never know you because you were not bold and did not take a risk."


"Dare to take chances, there is no limit to the opportunities waiting for you."



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


"When you walk alone, when everybody is against you, if you are sure with your ideas, walk strongly and proudly as if there is an army of angels by your side!"



"If you are determined to live life to the full, if you are determined to conquer in life, if you are determined to win in life, if you are determined to soar in life, you must not shy away from this particular demand. Life demands death."


"Courage comes from knowing that fear is a false perception."



"Sometimes you don't even know how strong you are, the devil sees it before you do and attacks."


"I'll never leave this Earth without a fight or at least pretend to for all of those in sight."


"Stepping out and stepping up can be an intimidating experience, especially in social situations where the outcomes are unpredictable and uncertain. Have you ever been reluctant to . . . Say "no?" Request help? Ask for a raise? Stand up to a bully? Talk about tough topics? Confront a friend or spouse? Speak up and share your opinion? Begin a conversation with a stranger? Deliver a presentation or speak in public? Talk about the "white elephant in the room? Befriend people who are much different than you? Make sales calls because you don't want to be rejected? Approach a new group of people at a networking event? Go to an event by yourself where you did not know anyone?"


"Don't fear challenges. They often give us the opportunity to strengthen our courage, faith, and inner strength."


"I don't so much mind looking back on having lost the election, or having been denied a role in the play, or having had my novel repeatedly rejected, or having been turned down for a date, or recalling laughter at my expense when I attempted some silly challenge. Those things simply prove that I lived life. What I do mind, however, is looking back on the lost opportunities where imagined concerns kept me from even trying-lose or win. I've learned that there is no regret in a brave attempt, only in cowering to fear."


"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."


"All great achievements of humanity begin with the madness of a few lion-hearts."


"It is in the stormiest skies that eagles find their true calling."



"Fear makes people speechless."


"I did not fear that I might tread upon a live rail and be killed. I feared something far more intangible-doing what was not contemplated by the Machine. Then I said to myself, "Man is the measure, and I went, and after many visits I found an opening."



"Be fearless in releasing the productivity of your time."


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


"When nothing is possible, then do the impossible."



"It is those that are insulted by injustice that will refuse to be silenced."


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



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



"We fear that we are ugly, that we cannot succeed and we are afraid of something."


"Risk little, earn little. Risk much, earn much. Risk all, earn all."


"The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths."
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