Famous Quotes & Sayings

Viktor E. Frankl

But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.

Vannevar Bush

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

Vaclav Havel

Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.

Robert Browning

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.

Richard Stengel

Courage is not the absence of fear

Sydney J. Harris

The deepest and rarest kind of courage has nothing to do with feats or obstacles in the outside world; and, indeed, has nothing to do with the outside world - it is the courage to be who you are.

Susan Sontag

Fear binds people together. And fear disperses them. Courage inspires communities: the courage of an example - for courage is as contagious as fear. But courage, certain kinds of courage, can also isolate the brave.

Susan Sontag

I urge you to be as impudent as you dare. BE BOLD, BE BOLD, BE BOLD.

Roger Kahn

To age with dignity and with courage cuts close to what it is to be a man.

Umberto Eco

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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

Rick Warren

When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won't work. Sometimes you just have to go for it.

Torquato Tasso

Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.

Veronica Roth

There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Robert Green Ingersoll

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Stokely Carmichael

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

Sting

Let your pain be my sorrow. Let your tears be my tears too. Let your courage be my model. That the north you find will be true.

William Cartwright

Brave spirits are a balsam to themselves, There is a nobleness of mind that heals Wounds beyond salves.

William Cowper

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

Wilferd Peterson

Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm.

Wilferd Peterson

Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love.

W. Somerset Maugham

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

William Makepeace Thackeray

I wonder is it because men are cowards in heart that they admire bravery so much, and place military valor so far beyond every other quality for reward and worship.

Zig Ziglar

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

Zoe Saldana

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

Zelda Fitzgerald

And only weaklings...who lack courage and the power to feel they're right when the whole world says they're wrong, ever lose.