Top 171 Courage Quotes

Courage is not the absence of fear but action in spite of it. These quotes on courage celebrate the moments people chose to be brave: speaking up, standing firm, and stepping forward when it would have been easier to retreat.

Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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What man really fears is not so much extinction, but extinction with insignificance.
Ernest Becker
Ernest Becker
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Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.
Tve Troxler
Tve Troxler
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To talk with God, no breath is lost. Talk on! To walk with God, no strength is lost. Walk on! To wait on God, no time is lost. Wait on!
E. Stanley Jones
E. Stanley Jones
Also featured in: time faith

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Nothing. Everything. Anything. Something: If you have nothing, then you have everything, because you have the freedom to do anything, without the fear of losing something.
Jacobi Jorda
Jacobi Jorda
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Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free.
Starhawk
Starhawk
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Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage.
Matt Damon
Matt Damon
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Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin
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I want to be a better person. I want to be a stronger person. I want to be someone who hurts less.
Iran Molko
Iran Molko
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Do not be afraid to allow the Holy Spirit to reveal any unforgiveness or bitterness. The longer you hide it, the stronger it will become and the harder your heart will grow. Stay tenderhearted.
John Bevere
John Bevere
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The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
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Lean on me, when you're not strong and I'll be your friend. I'll help you carry on.
M. Withers
M. Withers
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Your weaknesses will never develop, while your strengths will develop infinitely.
Donald O. Clifton
Donald O. Clifton
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I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.
Paul Watson
Paul Watson
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Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams
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Weak people talk and do not act, strong people act and keep quiet.
Richard Levi
Richard Levi
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I don't fear for a physical death, but when my conscience dies, that is a real death.
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
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Knowing your limits is a strength, not a weakness.
Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison
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Strong and healthy is the new sexy.
Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey
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Have courage and be kind.
Cinderella
Cinderella
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You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.
Unknown
Unknown
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A lack of knowledge creates fear. Seeking knowledge creates courage.
Candice Swanepoel
Candice Swanepoel
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Know your strengths and take advantage of them..
Greg Norman
Greg Norman
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Be bold, be courageous, be your best.
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords
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i don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
Nicola Cowperthwaite
Nicola Cowperthwaite
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The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.
Aaron T. Beck
Aaron T. Beck
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Show me how big your brave is.
Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles
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Everything you want waits on the other side of fear.
Lisa Wingate
Lisa Wingate
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You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. You've hit no traitor on the hip. You've dashed no cup from perjured lip. You've never turned the wrong to right. You've been a coward in the fight.
SAMUEL SMILES
SAMUEL SMILES
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Being brave doesn't mean not being scared. It means overcoming your fear to do what you have to do.
Alan Cratz
Alan Cratz
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Let's be clear, I'm a strong woman.
Bethenny Frankel
Bethenny Frankel
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Courage isn't about knowing the path, it's about taking the first step.
Katie Davis
Katie Davis
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The key to change is to let go of fear.
Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash
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I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto
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Be strong. be brave. be true. Endure.
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
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Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
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Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.
Ralph W. Sockman
Ralph W. Sockman
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Being weak is a choice, so is being strong.
Frank Zane
Frank Zane
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Respect all. Fear none.
Burn Phillips
Burn Phillips
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All fear is ultimately fear of no-self.
Jed McKenna
Jed McKenna
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Fear and God do not occupy the same space.
Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory
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Don't be afraid to discard work you know isn't up to standard. Don't save junk, just because it took you a long time to write it.
David Sedaris
David Sedaris
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Don't fear suffering. The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fire. The facts are always friendly. Without a little agony, none of us would bother to learn a thing. The earth has to be tilled before the seeds can be planted.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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You don't have to shout from the mountaintops. Sometimes power comes in a soft, calm, compassionate way, like a quiet warrior.
Robin Morgan
Robin Morgan
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Part of courage is simple consistency.
Peggy Noonan
Peggy Noonan
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Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
Issac Robertson
Issac Robertson
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There is no support so strong as the strength that enables one to stand alone.
Ellen Glasgow
Ellen Glasgow
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