Quotes About Courage

The soldier looked back at the King as the King looked at him; for a moment he wondered if he should bow, but the King's look seemed to wish to forestall him. The soldier saw a face for whom he would be willing to carry colors into battle once more, and the memory of his colonel seemed to fail and fade nearly to oblivion.

And what if it doesn't work?" "Then both of us end our existence tonight," he said in that impassive we're-chained-to-the-wall-and-the-bad-guys-are-coming voice I remembered too well.

Or that Ayn Rand and Jesus are truly strange bedfellows? Why can't we say this? Because we are afraid. Why are we afraid? Because we care too much about what people think of us, and not enough about whether we say what needs to be said at a time like this.

the men of the French Army have never been short of guts. Clad in their brilliant uniforms, carrying swords and wearing white gloves, the officers of this gallant army led their men into the German machine-gun fire in 1914 . . . and then war was suddenly not glorious any more. A million men were killed or wounded trying to make this tactic work.

Physical bravery is essential in second lieutenants but dangerous in general officers. They should learn caution and judgement as they rise through the ranks; a general needs moral courage, not least the courage to make a hard decision and stick to it under pressure from his superiors and events.

Now and again, the history of war throws up a battle that transcends reason. The soldiers fight because they cannot stop fighting, because too much has been committed to give up now. Too much blood has been shed, so much courage and will has been committed, that to admit defeat would be unthinkable.

Life tests the big dreamers the Passionate revolutionaries.

For your life to be great,your faith must be bigger than your fear.

So take the time to think. Discover your real reason for being here and then have the courage to act on it.

It's about knowing who you are, what you stand for, and then having the courage to be yourself—in every situation rather than only when it's convenient. It's about being real, consistent, and congruent so who you are on the inside is reflected by the way you perform on the outside.

I've learned about leadership is that leaders are those individuals who do the things that failures aren't willing to do—even though they might not like doing them either. They have the discipline to do what they know to be important—and right—versus what's easy and fun.

World-class begins where your comfort zone ends is a rule the successful, the influential and the happiest always remember.

The best antidote for fear is knowledge.

I knew I had to change so I decided to listen to my heart and do it in a very dramatic way

All progress comes from unreasonable people, people who follow their hearts and the instructions of their consciences rather than the commands of the crowd. All progress has come from risk-takers and men and women who were willing to visit the places that scared them. Greatness arrives once you refuse to buy into what others see as impossible.

if you have failed more than others, there is a very good chance you are living more completely than others.

To risk is to live.

the place where your greatest discomfort lies is also the spot where your largest opportunity lives.

People living deeply have no fear of dying," wrote Anaïs Nin. Norman Cousins observed that "the great tragedy of life is not death but what we allow to die inside of us while we live.

industry, compassion, humility, patience, honesty and courage.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that it is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact. William James The

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Leadership requires great courage. It is tough to leave the gravitational pull of the crowd around us. It is tough to take the road less traveled when everyone urges you to be like everyone else. It is tough to create your life on your own terms when others are telling you how your life should be created. But nothing will fill your heart with a greater sense of regret than lying on your deathbed knowing that you did not live your life and do your dreams.

Success lies in being true to yourself—and living life on your own terms.