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Quotes About Courage

You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.
~ Jane Hirshfield
Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.
~ Charles R. Swindoll
Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough
~ Charlie Chaplin
Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind.
~ Irvin D. Yalom
A good half of the art of living is resilience.
~ Alain de Botton
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.
~ Andrew Johnson
The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.
~ Dorothy Day
There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.
~ Anthony Rapp
For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I've encouraged other people to do the same.
~ Lucy Lawless
I had to be my own person and live my own life if I wanted to be happy, and I just did it.
~ Iris Apfel
Dance, my darling dance! If you dance then death can't catch you! Nothing bad can touch you! Dance!
~ Jackie French, Lady Dance
Risk it, go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.
~ Mary Quant
Don't be afraid to be amazing.
~ Andy Offutt Irwin
We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends.
~ Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times.
~ Jack Gantos, Hole in My Life
Free yourself. Live your life. Stop apologizing for who you are.
~ Garret John LoPorto
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.
~ Miguel Angel Ruiz
I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.
~ Patrick MacGill
The greatest danger in life is not to take the adventure.
~ George Leigh Mallory
As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.
~ Jeanne Moreau
Live life to the fullest. Follow your dreams - don't let anything stop you.
~ Brendan Foster
I've known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don't ask quarters.
~ Horton Foote
I'm idealistic so my life outlook is to never give up. Even if something seems absolutely impossible, I will run as hard as I can go.
~ Choi Minho
When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow, I sure felt safe.'
~ Tom Preston-Werner