Quotes About Courage

Feminism isn't about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength.

A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.

A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.

Actions speak louder than words. In the days to come the Goddess of Victory will bestow her laurels only on those who prepared to act with daring.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before.

There's nothing that America can't handle if we actually look squarely at the problem. ...Change depends on our actions.

Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

What a man dares to do, he should dare to confess- unless he is a coward.

There is no alternative to action, and that requires faith. The issue is how we are to mold for ourselves a belief system that is worthy of life.

You do what you have to do. That's who you seem to be to me, anyway. You're one who does what he has to do.

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.

The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.

If you wish to obtain a great name or to found an establishment, be completely mad; but be sure that your madness corresponds with the turn and temper of your age.

. . . I hope that when you're my age, you'll be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom, we lived lives that were a statement, not an apology.

A hero in one age will be a hero in another.

At my age, the radiation will probably do me good.

To have courage, one must first be afraid. The deeper the fear, the more difficult the climb toward courage.