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.

Wake up everyday stronger than yesterday, face your fears and wipe your tears.
Tyga
Tyga
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Be not afraid of rowing slowly. Be afraid of standing still.
Hannah Whitall Smith
Hannah Whitall Smith
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Discovery is the privilege of the child: the child who has no fear of being once again wrong, of looking like an idiot, or not being serious, of not doing things like everyone else.
Unknown
Unknown
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The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
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What is embarrassment but a relative of fear? You've been seen - caught - at being imperfect.
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
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The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.
Warren Farrell
Warren Farrell
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Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
Napoleon
Napoleon
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So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you: I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10.
Unknown
Unknown
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Only the strong will survive.
Juliette Cross
Juliette Cross
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You do not have to be fearless, just don't let fear stop you.
Charlie Day
Charlie Day
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Law school is a test - not a test of strength, creativity, or intelligence - but one of endurance. A law student's greatest nemesis is not mastering legal concepts, but enduring the hours of
solitude, which endless studying requires.
solitude, which endless studying requires.
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You cannot do everything at once, so find people you trust to help you. And don't be afraid to say no.
Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour
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Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear.
Mark Messier
Mark Messier
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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
Vita Hogan
Vita Hogan
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Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
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Don't be afraid, just play the music.
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
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Being brave isn't supposed to be easy, but it's the key to moving forward.
Sam Berns
Sam Berns
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Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10.
Sam Robertson
Sam Robertson
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My Google-fu is strong.
China Miéville
China Miéville
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The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
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Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.
Fernando Flores
Fernando Flores
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I decided to make 'Captain America' because I realized I wasn't doing the film because it terrified me. You can't make decisions based on fear.
Chris Evans
Chris Evans
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The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.
Dan Stevens
Dan Stevens
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Don't let your fear grow bigger than your faith.
Josie Bissett
Josie Bissett
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Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.
Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
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Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle: "The next mile is the only one a person really has to make."
Eric Sevareid
Eric Sevareid
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Work honestly, meditate everyday, meet people without fear and play.
Baba Hari Dass
Baba Hari Dass
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I fear no man, no beast or evil, brother.
Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
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I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.
Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy
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I am a foodie. I'm not afraid to say it.
Shay Mitchell
Shay Mitchell
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The threat is stronger than the execution.
Aron Nimzowitsch
Aron Nimzowitsch
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They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It's the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn't have sisu,
that's like spitting in his face.
that's like spitting in his face.
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When I get older, I will be stronger.
K'naan
K'naan
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Stronger women build stronger nations.
Zainab Salbi
Zainab Salbi
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The preservation of freedom is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri
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When a multitude speak with one voice, that is strength and that is power.
Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman
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It's a long hard road ahead for you, little warrior. Enjoy a happy day while you can. - Boldred.
Unknown
Unknown
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We need to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed. It's OK to say, "I don't know."
Richard P Feynman
Richard P Feynman
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There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.
Mark Shields
Mark Shields
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There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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Everything you want is on the other side of fear" - Jack Canfield.
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Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.
N.R. Walter
N.R. Walter
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Listen, I'm not afraid of anything. I'm Colombian.
Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara
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You have to be resilient.
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union
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I can do all things through spite, which strengthens me
A.J. Sherwood
A.J. Sherwood
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We cannot be fearful all the time; we have to rise above our fear, whatever is to happen to us, however our conditions may challenge us. To be fearless is a decision that one must make. And this fearlessness becomes the fundamental ground of nonviolence.
Dorje Tsegyal Rinpoche
Dorje Tsegyal Rinpoche
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It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one.
Ellis Paul Torrance
Ellis Paul Torrance
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Be strong to be useful.
Georges Hebert
Georges Hebert
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