Quotes About Courage

When in doubt, act.

You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step in faith.

Sacrifice your fear on the altar of your dreams.

You do not put off things because they threaten you, because you are afraid; It was a rule of life.

Belgium, where there occurred one of the rare appearances of the hero in history, was lifted above herself by the uncomplicated conscience of her King and, faced with the choice to acquiesce or resist, took less than three hours to make her decision, knowing it might be mortal.

terrible worm in an iron cocoon," as he was called in an anonymous poem, the knight rode on a saddle rising in a high ridge above the horse's backbone with his feet resting in very long stirrups so that he was virtually standing up and able to deliver tremendous swinging blows from side to side with any one of his armory of weapons.

Far from a source of suffering, their adopted faith had been a source of power.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause, He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.

In 1914 "glory" was a word spoken without embarrassment, and honor a familiar concept that people believed in.

slaughter. And yet, so great is Mrs. Tuchman's skill that the reader forgets what he knows. Surrounded by the thunder of guns, the thrust and parry of bayonet and saber, he becomes almost a participant. Will the exhausted Germans keep coming? Can the desperate French and British hold? Will Paris fall? Mrs. Tuchman's

When he smelled battle afar off, Winston Churchill resembled the war horse in Job who turned not back from the sword, but 'paweth in the valley and saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha.' He was the only British minister to have a perfectly clear conviction of what Britain should do and to act upon it without hesitation.

Success comes not to him who has suffered the least but to him whose will is firmest and morale strongest.

Kitchener up to London, but could not yet nerve himself

Being yourself is not remaining where you are, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure. Sydney J. Harris

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before. Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe; Forward into battle see His banners go!

Do not fear death; but stay on earth as long as you can.

Immortal love is fearless, and leaves the key of its door on the outside.

One is only safe with shadows if one carries light within.

Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer.

There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall!

Anonymity is the truest heroism .

There is a Turkish proverb that says, "No matter how far you have gone down a wrong road, turn back," and that is exactly what I did. It was painful, but also one of the most beautiful things I have ever experienced.

I see a real yogi as a someone who is committed to growth and to being the best version of themselves, and, at the same time, is courageous enough to be fully present and authentic in each moment. Someone who is not afraid to get real about the whole mess of who they are - the good, the bad, and the ugly