Quotes About Courage

Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are.

You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.

Sensitivity is a sign of strength. It's not about toughening up, it's about smartening up.

It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.

It truly is the power that you have deep within yourself that gives you the strength to pursue your dreams.

Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin', what didn't kill me, makes me strong as iron.

Remember: even the smallest drop of God's strength is more than enough to cover our frailties, our shortcomings, and the places where we deem ourselves weak.

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.

...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.

I'm one of those people who feels like I have to be strong for those people who may not be able to find that strength. I feel like I have to speak up for those people whose voices go unheard.

Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.

Don't mistake politeness for lack of strength.

Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.

If they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable.

In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

I think what I've come to now is, that fear is good; it's what life is about. You need to be afraid because fear gives you the strength to carry on important tasks.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.