Quotes About Courage

Do not be afraid of taking a big step-you cannot cross a chasm in two steps.

Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.

People get discouraged. They should remember, from me, it takes courage not to be discouraged.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Running has given me the courage to start, the determination to keep trying, and the childlike spirit to have fun along the way. Run often and run long, but never outrun your joy of running.

Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.

It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.

We can have courage or we can have comfort, but we cannot have both.

To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.

A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once.

Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.

Admitting your weaknesses does not diminish your strengths: it shows your courage.

Gather up your courage like an armful of free clothes at a McQueen sample sale and follow your inner voice wherever it takes you.

Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.

Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum)

The courage to charge for what you do comes from charging for what you do.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.

Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune.

Unless we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot expect things to be much better in the world.