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Quotes About Courage

Human nature," I continued, "has its limitations. It can bear joy and suffering, and pain to a certain degree, but perishes when this point is passed. Here there can therefore be no question of whether a man is strong or weak, but of whether he can endure his suffering, be it moral or physical. And I find it just as astonishing to say that a man who takes his own life is a coward, as it would be improper to call a man a coward who dies of a pernicious fever.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
That which disturbs your soul, you must not suffer
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It's not for Zeus's daughter to be A prey to common fears, I never feel Chill fingered panic's touch. But the horrors Creeping out of Old Night's womb Since the first beginnings of all things, 8940 With shapes as many as the fiery vapors Billowing from a crater's fiery mouth, Make even heroes' hearts turn faint. When
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What's left undone to-day, To-morrow will not do. Waste not a day in vain digression: With resolute, courageous trust Seize every possible impression, And make it firmly your possession; You'll then work on, because you must.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Begitu anda percaya pada diri anda sendiri, Anda tahu bagaimana harus hidup.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Live dangerously and you live right.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Never trembling at that void where, Imagination damns itself to pain, [715] Striving towards the passage there, Round whose mouth all Hell's fires flame: Choose to take that step, happy to go Where danger lies, where Nothingness may flow.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.
~ Rob Lowe, Love Life
Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother's elder brother.
~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
I despise the cowardly clinging to life, purely for the sake of life, that seems so deeply ingrained in the American temperament.
~ Christopher Lasch
The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
~ Aaron Carter
What's risky is living your life and never trying for anything and never doing something brave and never getting yourself scared.
~ Angelina Jolie
Danger is the spice of life and you've got to take a risk now and then…that's what makes life worthwhile.
~ Anthony Hopkins
The difference between successes and failures in life is simply that winners take the first step.
~ Brian Tracy
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die.
~ Colleen Hoover
These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero.
~ James Otis
I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.
~ Jeremy Renner
Faith is the 'yes' of the heart, a conviction on which one stakes one's life.
~ Martin Luther
Some say, Life is short. I say; Life is tall-grab a straw!
~ Sark
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
~ William James
I want you to know there's nothing... nothing to be afraid of. On one side, there's life. And on the other...there's life, too.
~ John Dye
It's not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
~ John Galsworthy