Quotes About Courage

risks must be taken . . . the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing . . . he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. . . . / only a person who risks is free." Taking

If you are afraid to take risks and continue to push yourself forward, then there will be some obstacles you will never overcome.

Fear keeps people from the risk associated with doing their best.

The scariest question is the one you don't want to hear the answer to.

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

On the Doncella, Federico Venusta had his hand mutilated by the explosion of his own grenade. He demanded a galley slave cut it off. When the man refused, he performed the operation himself and then went to the cook's quarters, ordered them to tie the carcass of a chicken over the bleeding stump, and returned to battle, shouting at his right hand to avenge his left.

The Lonely Ballerina paints a scene of a client who is stuck and unable to move forward. As the story progresses, the ballerina realises that she can take control of her life and ownership of her future. This story gives clients

Illegitimus non carborundum" (Don't let the bastards grind you down!)

He was without fear. We thought he was brave. He was, of course, psychopathic.

The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

It seems that now is the time to take risks and strike.

Be determined and never give up. you are much, much better than you think you are. All you need is a burning desire. Follow your dream and you'll go far.

To let go is not to criticize and regulate anybody, but to try to become what I dream I can be. To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future. To let go is to fear less and love myself more.

To let go is to fear less and love myself more.

Why do you allow yourselves to be shut up?' 'Because it cannot be helped as they are stronger than women.' 'A lion is stronger than a man, but it does not enable him to dominate the human race. You have neglected the duty you owe to yourselves and you have lost your natural rights by shutting your eyes to your own interests.

The era is over when men would trample on us and still have us licking their boots.

Because to live without the cup means you must feel the world as the world really is. People make the armor from their smartness, or their anger, or their quiet, or their fear, or their being busy, or their being nice. Some people make it from a big show, always talking. Some make it by being very important. Many people do not make it, though, and those people can begin to see the world as it is.

Resist fear," Jesus said. "Fear is always in the future. Cut through it. Resist it.

if we somehow find the courage to go directly into the discomfort - even the discomfort of illness, pain, old age, and death - we might discover something unexpected there.

There's nothing wrong with a little fear. Being fearful can save your life-it's saved mine on more than one occasion-but too much fear can stop you from living.

Marty grinned as he backed toward the door. "Green eggs and mamba," he said, then ran.

Pro and con lists—one of my previous favorites—are just as bad. If it's important to you, and you want to do it eventually, just do it, and correct course along the way. Fortune favors the bold.

Quitting—whether a job or a habit—means taking a turn so as to be sure you're still moving in the direction of your dreams.

When we pack too well, we are telling the world that it isn't good enough on its own, that it makes us uncomfortable and scared. We don't know if we can depend on anything or anyone, and we've decided it's better not to take the chance. —Stefany Anne Goldberg, "You Can Take It with You" (2012)