Courage Quotes

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense.

Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

You have to have courage to be obedient to God.

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what's right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.

Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they've shown in making these elections so successful.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.