Courage Quotes

I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.

I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines.

When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.

Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the president's vision and courage.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

Courage is action, not talk.

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Have the courage of your desire.

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

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.