Courage Quotes
To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been completed in half the time.P. G. Wodehouse
It used to take courage - - Indeed, it was the act of courage par excellence - - To leave the comforts of home and family and go out into the world seeking adventure. Today there are fewer places to discover, and the real adventure is to stay at home.Alvaro de Solva
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.Hermann Hesse
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.Robert Louis Stevenson
The man who has strong opinions and always says what he thinks is courageous - And friendless.Author Unknown
Courage atrophies from lack of use.Unknown
The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the ideals of American society.Robert Francis Kennedy
Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it sparkles in the setting of modest self - Distrust; and never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive any injury.Author Unknown
Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.Florence Scovel Shinn
Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.Robert F. Kennedy, 1966 speech
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.J. K. Rowling
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.Andr Gide
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.George Washington
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.Abraham Lincoln
Suffering. We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.Anatole France
I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books.Ralph Waldo Emerson
To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.Confucius
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.Albert Einstein
Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.Julian Weber Gordon
Courage is knowing what not to fear.Plato
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.Vince Lombardi
Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.Publilius Syrus
Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a confiding thought, a simple movement of heart towards God will renew our powers. Whatever He may demand of us, He will give us at the moment the strength and the courage that we need.Franois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.Brian Adams
Courage without conscience is a wild beast.Robert G. Ingersoll
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.Mark Twain
To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light.Coventry Patmore
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.Maya Angelou
Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.Ruth Gordon
Courage is not afraid to weep, and she is not afraid to pray, even when she is not sure who she is praying to.Black Hawk
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
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
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.Gilbert Keith Chesterton
To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage.Confucius Analects
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.Unknown
Successful leaders have the courage to take action where others hesitate.Author Unknown
One man with courage is a majority.Thomas Jefferson
