Quotes About Courage

In the end everything will be ok if it's not okay it's not the end.

The prudent leader "dreads and reflects on everything that can happen to him but is bold when he is in the thick of action." Xerxes listens patiently, but objects that "if you were to take account of everything . . . , you would never do anything. It is better to have a brave heart and endure one half of the terrors we dread than to [calculate] all of the terrors and suffer nothing at all. . . . Big things are won by big dangers.

You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters… with the strength of faith…. You must be strong with the strength of hope…. You must be strong with love, which is stronger than death…. When we are strong with the Spirit of God, we are also strong with faith in man…. There is therefore no need to fear.89

I can't take communism nor can you, but to cross this bridge I would hold hands with the Devil.

Mientras nuestros rivales tratan de alcanzar la fortaleza viril desde la misma cuna mediante la más dura de las disciplinas, en Atenas vivimos exactamente como deseamos vivir, y estamos igualmente dispuestos a enfrentar cualquier peligro legítimo.»

todo lo que puede ocurrir, pero es audaz

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

What though the field be lost? All is not Lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And the courage never to submit or yeild.

I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.

I mean somebody with the wit and the guts to go and do and create. And, that I believe is what education is all about

I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.

My parents believe in the principle of 'sink or swim,' or 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ? or it kills you." From "The Education of Robert Nifkin

In trying to justify the humanities, as in trying to live a life, what may turn out to matter most is holding one's nerve.

Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff.

Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions - everyone but a school bus driver.

To have control of my own mind... to go with dignity is less terryfying. When I look at both options I have to die, I feel this is far more humane.

Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that I am enough.

Be fearless in trying new things, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, since being afraid can challenge you to go to the next level.

You survived the abuse, you're going to survive the recovery.

Each body is a lion of courage, something precious of the earth.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous... I define vulnerability as emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It fuels our daily lives.

Knowing what to do is useless without the emotional strength to do what you know.

When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions.