Courage Quotes and Sayings

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms.  It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
- G.K. Chesterton

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.
- Mark Rutherford

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
- Theodore Roosevelt

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.
- Abraham Lincoln

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
- Walt Disney

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
- Confucius

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.
- August Wilson

Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin to Pooh.
- A. A. Milne

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
- Benjamin Franklin

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
- Billy Graham

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Underneath courage shouts fear but of a hoarse voice.
- Irisa Hail

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

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.
- Edward Weeks

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
- Raymond Lindquist

Courage can’t see around corners, but goes around them anyway.
- Mignon McLaughlin

There are no easy answers’ but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
- Ronald Reagan

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
- Reggie White

Coward A man in whom the instinct of self-preservation acts normally.
- Sultana Zoraya

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