Quotes About Courage

What do you do when you find yourself out in a lie—even a white one? Well, one thing for sure, you don't put on black, you don't mourn and beat out a staccato mea culpa on your breast. You go! Get the hell out! Take a chance! Forget you're an American, living in the suburbs of success, hoping to move into the big city...You go!

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and too prudent.

Even the longest journey must start with the first step

Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And let us not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.

Only when I fall do I get up again.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the painter who dares and who has broken the spell of 'you can't' once and for all.

What would be of life if we didn´t have the courage of doing something new?

If one wants to be active, one mustn't be afraid to do something wrong sometimes, not afraid to lapse into some mistakes. To be good — many people think that they'll achieve it by doing no harm — and that's a lie… That leads to stagnation, to mediocrity. Just slap something on it when you see a blank canvas staring at you with a sort of imbecility.

There is safety in the very heart of danger.

If only we try to live righteously, we shall fare well, even though we are bound to encounter genuine sadness and real disappointments and shall probably commit real mistakes and do things that are wrong, but it is certainly better to be ardent in spirit, even though one makes more mistakes, than narrow-minded and overly-cautious.

Be of good heart.

Anyone who leads an upright life and experiences real difficulty and disappointment and yet is not crushed by them is worth more than one for whom everything has always been plain sailing and who has known nothing but relative prosperity.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? If you hear a voice within saying 'You are not a painter' then by all means paint – and that voice will be silenced.

Es bueno amar tanto como se pueda, porque ahí radica la verdadera fuerza. Y el que mucho ama realiza grandes cosas y se siente capaz, y lo que hace por amor está bien hecho

Well, being sorry and giving up doesn't help us on; the only thing to do is to push forward.

Não posso me preocupar com o que as pessoas pensam de mim, é preciso que eu avance, é nisto que tenho que pensar

Aliás, a humildade me convém após a experiência de ataques repetidos. Portanto, não perco a paciência.

Los pescadores saben que el mar es peligroso y la tormenta, terrible. Pero eso no les impide hacerse a la mar

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The man of faith, of energy, of warmth… steps in and does something.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.