Courage Quotes

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

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.

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

Don't be too quick to interpret the moment. Just keep quiet. My encouragement would always be: never think anything is against you, everything is blessing. Why should it be different? Just be quiet. Let it all work itself out.

We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

I am leaving this legacy to all of you...to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die - the dream of freedom and peace.

Even in a world that's being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

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.

When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.