courage quotes

I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy’s valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

I’m not frightened of appearing vulnerable.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

A ‚No‘ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‚Yes‘ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

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

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

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

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.