If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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.
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Creativity takes courage.
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
I tend to think you’re fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
