Quotes About Courage

make strong women weak and weak men strong

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.

There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight.

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.

We forget that there is much more patriotism in having the audacity to differ from the majority than in running before the crowd; we forget that in the resistance of the minority some of the biggest things in our own history have been accomplished, and the man who looks on the Stars and Stripes and doesn't hold a right to say nay to his neighbor, even if the neighbor is of the larger party, has forgotten the history of his country.

But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts

There is nothing that succeeds in life like boldness, provided you believe you are on the right side.

When I was a little boy, I wanted a dog desperately, and we had no money. My parents got me an ant. I called it "Spot." Coming home late one night, Sheldon Finklestein tried to bully me. Spot was with me; I said "Kill!" and Sheldon stepped on my dog.

If you're not failing now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.

Buddhism teaches us to recognize these cycles of impermanence and have the courage to accept them.

Faith is stronger than so-called reality.

I hope that my sons will live with honor in a world that is not afraid to use such a word and respect such a concept.

Courage is being afraid and going ahead and trying anyway. One can still be afraid and still be courageous.

I was the kid who always thought I was chickenshit, and I had been terrified for most of my life. In treatment, people were suddenly loving me for me. Unconditionally. I had told them the goriest, most horrible stuff about myself … and they hugged me for it. This was what I had been looking for forever— a place to fit in.

The problem is that we're afraid, and that's the reason we fight each other. We keep making it about other countries or religions, and it's not. Why can't we sit down and talk about what we're afraid of? We're afraid to tell the truth.

If you walk through your fear that something must be wrong with you, then what you always find on the other side is that there's nothing wrong with you. And there's nothing to be afraid of," he tells her. "What happens then?" Katie asks, sobbing. "When you get to that other side, there's only one thing waiting—joy.

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.

It takes heart to be a guerrilla warrior because you're on your own. In conventional warfare you have tanks and a whole lot of other people with you to back you up -- planes over your head and all that kind of stuff. But a guerrilla is on his own. All you have is a rifle, some sneakers and a bowl of rice, and that's all you need -- and a lot of heart.

Don't let anybody tell you anything about the odds are against you. If they draft you, they send you to Korea and make you face 800 million Chinese. If you can be brave over there, you can be brave right here. These odds aren't as great as those odds. And if you fight here, you will at least know what you're fighting for.

Early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.