quotations about courage
Courage is when you make a change,
And you keep on living anyway
You keep on moving anyway
You keep on giving anyway
ORIANTHI
"Courage", Believe (II)
My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.
JENNA JAMESON
Esquire, Aug. 2008
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
EDGAR ALLAN POE
"Marginalia"
You shout because it makes you brave or you want to announce your recklessness.
DON DELILLO
Underworld
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
AESOP
"The Wolf and the Kid,", Aesop's Fables
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Woman's Day, Apr. 1, 2009
Once you have explored a fear, it becomes less terrifying. Part of courage comes from extending our knowledge.
BRIAN HERBERT & KEVEN J. ANDERSON
Dune: House Corrino
Our hearts must have the courage
To keep on marching on and on
THE ALARM
"Declaration"
The only kind of courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN
The Second Neurotic's Notebook
Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.
ARCHIBALD PRENTICE
Prenticeana
There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.
L. FRANK BAUM
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.
MARY ANNE RADMACHER
attributed, Never Take No for an Answer: One Woman, One Life, and The Money Mystique
The difference between a mongrel and a thoroughbred, whether brute or man, is not in swiftness, beauty, or endurance, but in courage.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.
CARRIE JONES
Need
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
ANAÏS NIN
The Diary of Anaïs Nin
Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don't run away when things are tough. It means you don't turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion.... There's a lot of people who won't wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what's honorable and decent.
GEORGE H. W. BUSH
Academy of Achievement interview, Jun. 2, 1995
The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.
DAN SIMMONS
Endymion
The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.
HENRY VAN DYKE
"Courage,", Counsels by the Way
Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE
attributed, Women Know Everything!
Many people wrongly exclude fear from the definition of courage, believing that courage is the absence of fear. Every time such people feel afraid, they assume that they aren't courageous. The reality, though, is that courage is fearful. When we are acting courageously, we are, most typically, very afraid. But we don't allow the fear we're carrying to stop us. Instead, we press on. This is the signature feature of courage: to carry on despite being fearful. Fear, thus, is an essential element in the definition of courage. You can't be courageous unless you are afraid.
BILL TREASURER
Courage Goes to Work