Courage Quotes

It is about a socialist, anti - Family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

Pat Robertson, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1993

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.

Calvin Coolidge

Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant.

John Simon

Without justice courage is weak.

Benjamin Franklin

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

Warren Bennis

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Reinhold Niebuh

Successful leaders have the courage to take action where others hesitate.

Author Unknown

A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.

Sir James Glove

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Sydney Smith

We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage, and determination to succeed.

Rosalind Sussman Yalow

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

William Ellery Channing

The scars you acquire by exercising courage, Will never make you feel inferior.

D. A. Battista

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

John W. Gardne

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.

Amelia Earhart, Courage, 1927

Be strong and of good courage be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Joshua 19 Bible

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage - - It can be delightful.

George Bernard Shaw

What makes the difference between a Nation that is truly great and one that is merely rich and powerful It is the simple things that make the difference. Honesty, knowing right from wrong, openness, self - Respect, and the courage of conviction.

David L Boren

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fourth Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1945

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Jean Anouilh

The Courage that we all prize and seek is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Thomas Carlyle, Proflies in Courage by: John F. Kennedy

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

E. e. cummings

Courageous risks are life - Giving, they help you grow, make you brave, and better than you think you are.

Joan L. Curcio

The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.

Thucydides

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

Ansel Adams

Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.

Publilius Syrus

He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.

Ren G. Torres

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.

Mary Anne Radmache

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything.

Vincent Van Gogh

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

Andre Norton

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Abraham Lincoln

The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they allow. Bigness means weakness.

Eric Sevareid

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Robert G. Ingersoll

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.

William Ellery Channing

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

Conte Vittorio Alfieri

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Aristotle

I have three treasures. Guard and keep them The first is deep love, The second is frugality, And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world. Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

Lao Tzu

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

Paul Tillich

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us put out more and better ideas if our efforts are truly appreciated.

Alexander Osborn