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Quotes About Courage

Don't let people who live in fear and hate govern how you live.
~ Melissa Etheridge
The enemy of fear is creativity.
~ Seth Godin
Fear was stronger than the calculation of probabilities.
~ George Eliot, Middlemarch
I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.
~ Rosie Thomas, Iris & Ruby
Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one's spirit, the more vulnerable it is.
~ Unknown
If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.
~ Unknown
What is courage without risk... It wouldn't really be courage, would it?
~ Jocelyn Murray, Corfe Castle
Fear is the start of wisdom.
~ Miguel de Unamuno
Fear is stronger than arms.
~ Aeschylus
There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.
~ Robert Wilson Lynd
He of whom many are afraid ought himself to fear many.
~ Francis Bacon
Fear invites danger; concealed cowards insult known ones.
~ Lord Chesterfield
To stand emotionally open before the world & give of our hearts without fear of hurt or demand of reciprocity - this is the ultimate act of human courage.
~ Brendon Burchard
The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.
~ John Stossel
That which you fear the most will meet you half way.
~ Victoria Williams
It'll never go away until the fear you are running from is finally embraced.
~ Garth Brooks
Trust in the person's promise who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.
~ Charles Spurgeon
Courage is a gas pedal and fear is a brake; when we go to our destination, we need both!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid
~ Joyce Meyer
It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.
~ Vikram Seth
The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
Do what makes you happy. And when it doesn't make you happy anymore, make a change -- without fear.
~ Debra Messing
Do one thing that's heroic for you today - big or small - and fear won't define you anymore.
~ Bob Goff
Afraid is a country with no exit visas.
~ Audre Lorde