Courage Quotes

I know this president. And I can tell you that he cares deeply about the next generation of young women in this country - his daughters, and everyone's daughters. President Obama had the courage to stand with Sandra Fluke. Without hesitation, he defended her right to tell her story.

Physical courage is a great test.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.

It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

If I am to be known for anything, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about their daily, extraordinary courage. And for wanting that courage to be recognized.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.

One man with courage is a majority.

The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

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.

What has made America amazing has been the fact that throughout our history, throughout the more than 200 years of our history, there have been men and women of courage who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.