Quotes about Courage

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

“Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.”

“Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.”

“If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.”

“If you can find the courage, if you have in your heart even the slightest bit of rebellion against injustice, maybe you can channel that and become a leader.”

“The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.”

“True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.”

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.”

“In Season 1, Will is more shy and reserved, and then in Season 2, after the monster attacks him and takes over his body, Will gained more courage and became braver. Throughout Season 3, you see how the monster's still lingering inside him, and how he deals with that. Because he's not fully better.”

“Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers.”

“A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.”

“One of the things your unconscious mind does for you - and it's a great gift - is it gives you extra courage to view the outer world and it does that by giving you an extra-special view of yourself.”

“It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.”

“Courage is always rewarded.”

“I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.”

“The psychologist Elizabeth Loftus has shown great courage, in the face of spiteful vested interests, in demonstrating how easy it is for people to concoct memories that are entirely false but which seem, to the victim, every bit as real as true memories.”

“Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.”

“You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.”

“Courage is found in unlikely places.”

“Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.”

“We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination.”