Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. — Dan Rather
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it. — Mark Twain
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. — George S. Patton
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. — Mark Twain
Courage is a kind of salvation. — Plato
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. — Alexei Navalny
Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway. — Rudy Giuliani
Alertness and courage are life's shields. — Indian Proverbs
The fear of God makes a hero; the fear of man makes a coward. — Alvin C. York
Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Top 10 Fear And Courage Quotes
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. — Eleanor Roosevelt
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. — Harry S. Truman
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult — Seneca
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free. — Aristotle
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears. — Rudyard Kipling
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway. — Tamara Mellon
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' — Eleanor Roosevelt
Fear And Courage Image Quotes
Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. — Grace Paley
The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. — Dale Carnegie
Fear is what stops you. Courage is what keeps you going.
Definition Of Courage Quotes
Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill
Someone should advise women to stop fantasizing about courageous firefighters and heroic uniformed soldiers. There is a new sheriff in town who epitomizes a progressive definition of masculinity: Apathetic Cowardly Bystander Man. — Gad Saad
There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit. — Eric Greitens
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you. — Jenna Jameson
Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously. — Bashar al-Assad
I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so. — Garry Kasparov
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
I think there are definite parallels between sport and art. There's a real sense of sacrifice. There's a real sense of dedication that is needed in sport that I think you can attribute to art. I think so much of it is about bravery and courage, being an actor. — Matt Smith
Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language -- it's from the Latin word "cor," meaning "heart" - and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart. — Brené Brown
A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within. — Anthony De Mello
The definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill
What Is Fear Quotes
you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. — Rosa Parks
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim. — Jeff Cooper
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. — Pope John XXIII
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented - which is what fear and anxiety do to a person - into something whole. — Louise Bourgeois
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. — Tim Ferriss
The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there? — Jack Kornfield
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
The mind spends most of the time lost in fantasies and illusions, reliving pleasant or unpleasant experiences and anticipating the future with eagerness or fear. While lost in such cravings or aversions, we are unaware of what is happening now, what we are doing now. — S. N. Goenka
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. — Rosa Parks
What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing. — Joseph Prince
Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. — Xunzi
Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do anything that’s different from what you’ve already done or what somebody else has done. — Charlie Kaufman
The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid. — George R. R. Martin
Courage is refusing to be a slave to fear.
Fearless doesn’t mean careless. There is a thin line between fearless and careless. I think we need to play fearless. — Smriti Mandhana
Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear. — Mark Messier
Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is feeling the fear, the doubt, the insecurity, and deciding that something else is more important. — Mark Manson
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.' — Maya Angelou
If you can use those fears to shape who you will be and push past them, you can do anything. — Markiplier
To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity. — Ed Weeks
Those who are successful overcome their fears and take action. Those who aren’t submit to their fears and live with regrets. — Jay-Z
Courage And Bravery Quotes
Do the right thing because it is right. — Immanuel Kant
Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else. — Maya Angelou
Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly to attempt. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.
Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams. — Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart. — Sakyong Mipham
Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants. — Carol P. Christ
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution. — J. Oswald Sanders
Truthfully, in this age those with intellect have no courage and those with some modicum of physical courage have no intellect. If things are to alter during the next fifty years then we must re-embrace Byron’s ideal: the cultured thug. — Sayings
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. — Meg Cabot
Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it's colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It's a quality, not a thing. — Mickey Mantle
Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me. — Clare of Assisi
Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God. — Charles Stanley
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace. — Teresa of Avila
Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final integrity of the universe in which we live, and of every cause to which we give our thought, our time and our attention. — Ernest Holmes
Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater. — Matt Chandler
Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind. — Charles Capps
Fear and faith have something in common. They both ask us to believe in something we cannot see. — Joel Osteen
In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place. — Susan L. Taylor
Fear is a negative thought in your mind. Supplant it with a constructive thought. Fear has killed millions. Confidence is greater than fear. Nothing is more powerful than faith in God and the good. — Joseph Murphy
Bravery And Courage Quotes
Understand first that failure indicates courage. It means you had the bravery to test yourself. The temerity to challenge your status quo. The audacity to step outside your comfort zone. That impulse is both inspiring and empowering. Hold on to it. And congratulate yourself for trying. — Rich Roll
What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave. — Andre Agassi
Bravery and courage is walking into pain and knowing that something better is on the other side — Kanye West
The courage to cooperate or initiate are based entirely on the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth as the divine mind within you tells you the truth is. — Richard Buckminster Fuller
It really does require a courage and a self-disciplining to go along with that truth. — Richard Buckminster Fuller
Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. — Wendell Phillips
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. — Veronica Roth
The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. — Morihei Ueshiba
Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on. — James Frey
Martin Luther King and Gandhi were not people who failed in self-respect. They were people of hope and great courage, and their courage was disciplined. — Martha C. Nussbaum
Love And Courage Quotes
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage. — Francis of Assisi
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed. — Ernest Hemingway
Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame. — Alexander The Great
Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man. — John F. Kennedy
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. — Maya Angelou
It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping. — Saint Francis de Sales
You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams. — Oprah Winfrey
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free. — Leo Buscaglia
If you knew when you began a book what you would say at the end, do you think that you would have the courage to write it? What is true for writing and for a love relationship is true also for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don't know what will be the end. — Michel Foucault
Confidence And Courage Quotes
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. — Henry David Thoreau
Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence. — Og Mandino
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My message to you all is hope, courage and confidence. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. — Douglas MacArthur
Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. Without love our self-esteem weakens. Without it our courage fails. Without love we can no longer look out confidently at the world. — Chief Dan George
I have great confidence in you to do what you think best. State your opinion and always act with courage. — Catherine McAuley
There is a quiet courage that comes from an inward spring of confidence in the meaning and significance of life. Such courage is an underground river, flowing far beneath the shifting events of one's experience, keeping alive a thousand little springs of action. — Howard Thurman
Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing — Jim Rohn
Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable. — Zig Ziglar
Faith And Courage Quotes
Living with faith and courage is
something that life requires of
each of us.
Never, absolutely
never, give up! Never give in no
matter what!
Fight it through!
And I promise you something with
all of my heart-God will help
you. — Kathryn Kuhlman
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope. — Thomas Merton
God grant me courage and hope for everyday, faith to guide me along my way, understanding and wisdom, too, and grace to accept what life gives me to do. — Helen Steiner Rice
Dream big . . . don't let anybody or anything break your wishbone. Stay strong, full of faith, and courageous... keep that backbone straight. And along the way, don't forget to laugh and enjoy the journey. — Charles R. Swindoll
Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die. — Pierre Trudeau
To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction. — Randa Abdel-Fattah
The only way to keep from going backward is to keep going forward. Eternal vigilance is the price of success. There are three steps, and each one is absolutely essential. You must first have the knowledge of your power; second, the courage to dare; third, the faith to do. — Charles F. Haanel
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. — Charles Kettering
Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest human values-honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity, compassion, humility, courage, personal responsibility, courtesy, and human service. — Michael E. DeBakey
I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader. — Stephen Covey
Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage -- however often we are hurt as a result of it. — Erica Jong
Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power. — Tom Coburn
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. — Thomas Fuller
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. — Thomas Fuller
At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle. — Mahatma Gandhi
In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. — Samuel Johnson
There's a lie that all drivers tell themselves. Death is something that happens to other people, and that's how you find the courage to get in the car in the first place. The closer you are to death the more alive you feel. But more powerful than fear itself, is the will to win. — James Hunt
We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God. If at times we are somewhat stunned by the tempest, never fear. Let us take breath, and go on afresh. — Saint Francis de Sales
The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the great enterprises and ideals of American society. — Robert Kennedy
Suffering through your fears and anxieties is what allows you to build courage and perseverance. — Mark Manson
It is moments like this that one needs to face his fears. The best way to have such a moment is to gradually confront the fear and approach it in a way that is both exciting and inspiring. You have to be decisive and physically prepared to do your best. After that, little by little, you will see progress. — Wim Hof
It's good to be challenged, to keep moving forward, and keep being inspired and scared. I feel like, if you're not afraid of something, you shouldn't do it. If you're just coasting through things, what's the point? You're not learning. — Nina Dobrev
My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whining about for years. — Kurt Cobain
No challenge can stop you if you have the courage to keep moving forward in the face of your greatest fears and biggest challenges. Be courageous. — Jon Gordon
I give myself this advice: Do not fear truth, let it be ever so contrary to inclination and feeling. Never give up the search after it; and let me take courage, and try from the bottom of my heart to do that which I believe truth dictates, if it lead me to be a Quaker or not — Elizabeth Fry
I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead. — Alexei Navalny
On a weekday morning that normally would have been spent chained to a desk, I mounted my bike for the first time in months and began pedaling toward the Santa Monica Mountains. Soon I was ascending Topanga Canyon, and as the sun rose into the clear blue skies above the ridgeline, I spotted a hawk. In a perfect symbiosis of air and wing, the majestic bird sailed its perfect arc across the morning sky. And that's when I understood. If I could summon the courage to pursue my passion with purpose and without fear, I, too, could experience such synchronicity. Somehow, everything would work out. — Rich Roll
To be a spiritual warrior means to develop a special kind of courage, one that is innately intelligent, gentle, and fearless. Spiritual warriors can still be frightened, but even so they are courageous enough to taste suffering, to relate clearly to their fundamental fear, and to draw out without evasion the lessons from difficulties. — Sogyal Rinpoche
Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. — Marianne Williamson
Don’t let fear hold you back. Take the leap and trust that you have the ability to figure things out. — Steven Bartlett
In all forms of leadership, whether you are a coach, a CEO, or a parent, there are four words that, when said, can bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family. I BELIEVE IN YOU. Those four words can mean the difference between a fear of failure and the courage to try. — Mike Krzyzewski
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain. — Diane de Poitiers
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. — Plato
Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with thee. He will not fail thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. — David
With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book. — Ban Ki-moon
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that — James Neil Hollingworth
Despots govern by terror. They know that he who fears God fears nothing else; and therefore they eradicate from the mind, through their Voltaire, their Helvetius, and the rest of that infamous gang, that only sort of fear which generates true courage. — Edmund Burke
Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. — Lloyd Jones
Everything you want is on the other side of fear. — Jack Canfield
Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always in the soul. In misfortune lies the seed of future triumph. — Dean Koontz
Always be courageous and strong, & don't fear. You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast. — Gabby Douglas
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