Quotes About Courage

Clear heads and stout hearts make good judges.

is better to incur the world's hatred, by testifying against its wickedness, than gain its good-will by going down the stream with it.

There will be tough times—there are for everyone. There will be times of fear and trembling. There will be times of discouragement and disillusionment. Have courage, smile, keep your chin up, laugh often, be kind to yourself, stay focused, be gracious and appreciative, think happy thoughts, and carry on regardless.

When we pretend to be somoene other than who we are, our true self hides in fear and shame; the fear of being discovered and the shame of not being enough.

The fear of being alone is the father of many relationships that never should have been. When we choose to be with someone because we are afraid of being alone, we dishonor ourselves and the other person.

And so it will be with your life. There will be tough times—there are for everyone. There will be times of fear and trembling. There will be times of discouragement and disillusionment. Have courage, smile, keep your chin up, laugh often, be kind to yourself, stay focused, be gracious and appreciative, think happy thoughts, and carry on regardless.

We begin by turning to God in prayer. "Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name" (Psalm 86:11). Lord, inspire me to live an undivided life. Cast everything out of my life that creates an obstacle to the unified life you created me to live, and give me the courage to make decisions that defend and celebrate unity of life. Amen.

It's uncomfortable to look at ourselves, assess our selfishness and sinfulness, and tell another human being about it.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about redeeming them—every day begin anew.

We are afraid because we don't know how things are going to work out, but things are going to work out.

catch so many fish that their nets begin to tear and they need help from fishermen in other boats to haul in the catch. Over and over in life, God challenges us to abandon our doubts and fears and cast our nets into the deep waters of the spiritual life. It is never convenient, it is almost always difficult, and it is sometimes quite painful, but if we heed the Lord's direction we will always bring in a huge catch. Don't be afraid of the deep places.

Beyond that, living your dreams is often about facing your fears and rising to the challenge.

Embrace the now, and the future will be richer and more abundant because you had the wisdom, courage, and discipline to embrace this moment.

We're all damaged. Every single beautiful, stupid, precious one of us. Damaged, damaged, damaged.

Remember that there are two things in this life that are never worth crying about: what can be cured and what cannot be cured.

it doesn't take much courage to fight when you still believe you can win. What takes real courage is to keep fighting when all hope is gone.

What takes real courage is to keep fighting when all hope is gone.

Race readied himself to jump down onto the submerged roof of the Humvee. He couldn't imagine how it must have looked—him, in his jeans, T-shirt and baseball cap standing atop a submerged Army helicopter in the middle of a caiman-infested Amazonian river.

Never give up, Never say die.

The passage revolved around arguably the first black ops mission in recorded literature. Odysseus is trapped in the cave of Polyphemus. Faced with certain death, he pioneers an escape through a textbook act of misinformation, lying his way to freedom.

The balls of this fucking girl.

My life has taught me that there is a wealth of strength within us, there is nothing we cannot handle. Life presents it's purpose and beauty in all sorts of ways. The trick is to stay open to one's strength, to not deny or strive to prove it, but rather to simply have it

Legend has it that while drinking wine in a boat on the river, [8th century Chinese poet Li Po] tried to grab the moon's reflection on the surface and tumbled in, which is probably the poet's equivalent of dying bravely in battle.

What strange hesitancy, fear, or apathy stops us from looking within ourselves, from trying to grasp the true essence of joy and sadness, desire and hatred? Fear of the unknown prevails, and the courage to explore that inner world fails at the frontier of our mind.