Quotes About Courage

To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place, and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.

Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.

For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

In a free society, there comes a time when the truth - however hard it may be to hear, however impolitic it may seem to say - must be told.

The land of unlimited opportunity was for me, for a long time, impossible to reach. The wall, barbed wire and the order to shoot at those who tried to leave limited my access to the free world.

One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.

There will be no funeral! Before I get too old and ill, I'll go to South America and live among the Pemon people and meditate. When the time is right, they can throw my body into the volcano.

It is time to face real world, even if it is harder and painful. I'd rather fly and crash, than just snuggle and sleep.

The challenge of warriorship is to step out of the cocoon, to step out into space, by being brave and at the same time gentle

World Class players can lay down the toughest hands and play any two cards at any time without fear. Their reads are impeccable.

Contrary to popular belief, the experience of terror does not make you braver. Perhaps though, it is easier to hide your fear when you're afraid all the time.

It is for real that injustice and oppression will not have the last word. There was a time when Hitler looked like he was going to vanquish all of Europe, and where is he now?

Disobey. Defy. Take your own time. Fly.

When the time is right, you just got to do it.

I was not going to kick back and wait for the unknown. I was going to dive in and become a full-time healing junkie.

I hope to God that the inner strength that will vindicate my deeds will in good time spring forth from my own people. I have done as I had to on the prompting of my inner voice.

I think, especially in this time in the world, there is very much a choice between fear and courage, and we all have to pick the courageous route.

Euripedes. Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.

My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it.

We may be sinking in the North Atlantic in the most famous ship disaster of all time, but God can still use us to reach out and save others through our witness.

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down.