Quotes about Courage

“I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.”

“We had a rule-breaker at Mainz - the club manager Christian Heidel, who had the courage to make me a Bundesliga coach.”

“One man with courage is a majority.”

“Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.”

“We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.”

“I know what it is to feel unloved, to want revenge, to make mistakes, to suffer disappointment, yet also to find the courage to go forward in life.”

“Everybody's opinion is equally valid, and I feel like everybody should have an opportunity to speak out, and everyone should have the courage to speak out.”

“Optimism is the foundation of courage.”

“You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy.”

“I do get scared, but I think - like it says in another book I've read - feel the fear and do it anyway. I try to have courage, pray a little bit and work through it. I'd rather try, even if I fail.”

“When I write, what I long for is not more realism or fiction but more courage. That's what I always find myself short on and what I have to struggle to achieve in order that the work might live.”

“If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you take the phone call instead of screening it. If you want to write a novel, you sit down and write a single paragraph. It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step.”

“It has been my honor to support and work with President Barack Obama, a man who has brought courage and character to the presidency. President Obama's strength of character leads him to do the right thing, even when it isn't the easy thing.”

“I often visit Maria Tatar's 'The Grimm Reader' for a cold dose of courage. Her translations come from the Brothers Grimm, whose now-famous collection of 'Kinder- und Hausmarchen' ('Children's and Household Tales') was first published in 1812. The book was not intended for young readers.”

“I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.”

“Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms.”

“Every man of courage is a man of his word.”

“The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.”

“The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.”

“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”

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