Courage and Bravery Quotes

"A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being."

"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort."

"A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before."

"A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it."

"A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die."

"A man of courage is also full of faith."

"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."

"A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward."

"A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy."

"A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace."

"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."

"All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them."

"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination."

"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."

"And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace."

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."

"Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.'"

"As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out!"

"Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear."

"Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met."

"Being a leader means that you're going to have to make difficult calls. You have to have the courage to do what's right, even if it's not popular."

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

"Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think."

"Boldness be my friend."

"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."

"Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage."

"Conservatives have welcomed Trump's attacks on the establishment, have cheered his boldness, and have applauded his courage. He has taken on hitherto taboo issues like immigration enforcement and has demonstrated the hollowness of what passes for conventional wisdom."

"Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."

"Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself."

"Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality."

"Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway."

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

"Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it."

"Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause."

"Courage easily finds its own eloquence."

"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."

"Courage in danger is half the battle."

"Courage is a kind of salvation."

"Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence."

"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared."

"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die."

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

"Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke."

"Courage is found in unlikely places."

"Courage is grace under pressure."

"Courage is knowing what not to fear."

"Courage is not always about action. It takes courage to do nothing rather than do something that you do not believe in or understand."