Courage Quotes

Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

Yes, you must have the courage of being free.

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

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.

When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.

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

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.

I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.