Courage Quotes

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

In my old age, I have been thinking about this, and I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage.

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.

Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way.

In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Being gifted needs courage.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it.

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.