Courageous Quotes

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

I can't say enough about how I'm against drugs. Be smart, think about it, look at what it does to people, look at how much you have to experience in life and be courageous enough to do everything you want to without that chemical help.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

But to understand what it means to be strong and courageous, Christians should look to the person of Christ.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for.

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

We know that Libya is still recovering from an intense period of conflict. And there are many courageous Libyans who bear the scars of that battle.

I've made a connection with the television audience by being a proud Latino man. I am passionate for what I do, courageous in the face of peril, honest and straightforward.

It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business. John was rejected by studios, he borrowed money and did movies with his own money. You're either courageous or not. You have to find a way.

Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.

The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity.

You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous.

There are times when it is more courageous to be cowardly.

And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing.

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.

Faith is reason grown courageous.

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose. There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself, you know, have fun, take chances. There's no bounds.

When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.

I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland.

I think on some level, that's a fear that exists in everybody, that if we're tested, we won't make the courageous choice. We won't make the decision that would make us heroic. We make the decision that would reveal us to be all too human.

A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.