Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Votes: 6
Andre GideBravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. Votes: 5
Omar N. BradleyFaith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Votes: 4
Martin Luther King, Jr.Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Votes: 3
Winston ChurchillSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Votes: 3
Winston ChurchillOnly those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. Votes: 3
T. S. EliotCourage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. Votes: 3
Billy GrahamThe greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Votes: 2
Robert Green IngersollHe who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Votes: 2
Muhammad AliLet us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. Votes: 2
Rabindranath TagoreHow few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. Votes: 2
Benjamin FranklinEither you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean. Votes: 2
Christopher ReeveThe opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. Votes: 2
Jim HightowerHumility is courage, the open acceptance of your own perfection.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellReason bears disgrace, courage combats it, patience surmounts it.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SevigneIt is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonPerfect courage and utter cowardice are two extremes which rarely occur.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe should not be much concerned about faults we have the courage to own.
Francois de La RochefoucauldMost men have more courage than even they themselves think they have....
Greville Janner, Baron Janner of BraunstoneA total commitment gives you the extra ounce of courage that it takes to win.
Arthur L. Williams, Jr.Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.
Walter Inglis AndersonCourage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.
William Rounseville AlgerWhat may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward. Votes: 3 Daisaku Ikeda
Bravery and courage is walking into pain and knowing that something better is on the other side Votes: 4 Kanye West
Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow. Votes: 1 Alexandre Vinet
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. Votes: 3 Dale Carnegie
In all the difficult decisions that I made through the course of running Loudcloud and Opsware, I never once felt brave. In fact, I often felt scared to death. I never lost those feelings, but after much practice, I learned to ignore them. That learning process might also be called the courage development process. Votes: 3 Ben Horowitz
No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote. Votes: 3 Hillary Clinton
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. Votes: 3 Hermann Hesse
There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them. Votes: 3 Abu Bakar Bashir
For the past 25 years as an adoption attorney, I have witnessed the extraordinary courage and compassion of women - from age 14 to 40 - facing unplanned pregnancy. Not once did I believe that the government should interfere with their personal and private decision. Votes: 5 Ann McLane Kuster
My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation. Votes: 3 Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Because at bottom, I'm interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people's heads. Votes: 3 Kevin Patterson
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. Votes: 1 John Wayne
There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions. Votes: 2 Jairam Ramesh
I'm kind of obsessed with Shaun White. I took a DVD of Shaun White to the hospital when I gave birth to my son. His physical elegance and his ease in front of the camera alone are inspiring, but he's got this... this dedication to excellence and this straight up courage that just... it personifies everything I want to be and everything I am not. Votes: 1 Kelly Sue DeConnick
With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book. Votes: 5 Ban Ki-moon
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. Votes: 1 Jonas Salk
My education was dominated by modernist thinkers and artists who taught me that the supreme imperative was courage to face the awful truth, to scorn the soft-minded optimism of religious and secular romantics as well as the corrupt optimism of governments, advertisers, and mechanistic or manipulative revolutionaries. Votes: 1 Ellen Willis
If you wish strongly, have courage and endurance, then you can get to the summit of your dream, Votes: 3 Yuichiro Miura
Fear and doubt do not kill courage and faith; they birth them. You cannot have courage without fear. You cannot have faith without doubt. Votes: 4 Steve Maraboli
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. Votes: 2 Aristotle
Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed. Votes: 4 Mason Cooley
Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions. Votes: 2 Ian Smith
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. Votes: 1 Dennis Prager
It is the mainspring of life, courage. And courage has many faces. Votes: 2 Oriana Fallaci
Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.' Votes: 4 Michael Leunig
I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business. Votes: 3 Prescott Bush
Good ideas and innovations must be driven into existence by courage and patience. Votes: 3 Hyman Rickover
I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves. Votes: 4 Major Taylor
When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives. Votes: 3 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect. Votes: 1 Bill Frist
We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken - that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work, courage and personal responsibility. Votes: 3 Brian Sandoval
We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk. Votes: 3 Thomas Moore
I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business. Votes: 1 Prescott Bush
I think we women underrate ourselves when it comes to our courage and strength. Votes: 4 Judith McNaught
Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage. Votes: 1 Charles Luckman
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. Votes: 1 Michel de Montaigne
The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness. Votes: 3 Brene Brown
To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled. Votes: 1 Dale Murphy
It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it. Votes: 2 Willy Brandt
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Votes: 1 Winston Churchill
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. Votes: 1 Kate Bernheimer
Students teach all sorts of things but most importantly they make explicit the courage that it takes to be a learner, the courage it takes to open yourself to the transformative power of real learning and that courage I am exposed to almost every day at MIT and that I'm deeply grateful for. Votes: 3 Junot Diaz
TV is so different from the movies. It takes a lot of stamina because you work such long hours. It is really challenging. You are learning the next day's lines while you are shooting today's scenes. I found courage I never realised I had. I hope to do more. Votes: 3 Sharon Stone
There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends. Votes: 1 Silvia Cartwright
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? Votes: 1 William Shakespeare
Halt regarded him. He loved Horace like a younger brother. Even like a second son, after will. He admired his skill with a sword and his courage in battle. But sometimes, just sometimes, he felt an overwhelming desire to ram the young warrior's head against a convenient tree. Votes: 3 John Flanagan
Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues. Votes: 3 Anatole France
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Votes: 2 Anais Nin
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? Votes: 3 William Shakespeare
Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. Votes: 3 Laura Linney
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. Votes: 4 Mark Twain
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice. Votes: 1 Mark Pryor
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. Votes: 3 Maya Angelou
A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale. Votes: 1 Jalal Talabani
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. Votes: 1 Nelson Mandela
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. Votes: 6 Stephen Baker
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love. Votes: 2 Delmore Schwartz
As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it. Votes: 3 Apollonius of Tyana
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. Votes: 3 Carol P. Christ
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. Votes: 3 Nelson Mandela
In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past. Votes: 2 Daniel Dennett
The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it. Votes: 1 Dean Smith
Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. Votes: 3 Michael Jordan
Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love. Votes: 1 Helen Fisher
Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and ambitious, and together those qualities enabled her to deliver herself from slavery and become a successful businesswoman. Votes: 1 Jennifer Chiaverini
If you do not have the courage to be yourself, what will you be? Votes: 3 The Silver Elves
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Votes: 8 Reinhold Niebuhr
In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential... it's no different in the financial realm. Votes: 3 Suze Orman
Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline. Votes: 1 Hallie Ephron
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Votes: 3 Erich Fromm
Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others. Votes: 7 Brene Brown
Never lose hope, and if you can, find the courage to love again. Votes: 3 Danielle Steel
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. Votes: 1 Theodore Roosevelt
For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Votes: 3 Natalie Dormer
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. Votes: 3 W. Clement Stone
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. Votes: 3 Michael Franti
I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who are standing up for human rights. Votes: 3 Richard Hatch
If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. Votes: 3 David Viscott
For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense. Votes: 3 James T. Walsh
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. Votes: 3 Reinhold Niebuhr
Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government. Votes: 1 Tom Lantos
My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you. Votes: 3 Jenna Jameson
We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty. Votes: 1 Jonathan Sacks
People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that's what I admire most. Votes: 3 Mariska Hargitay
It takes visions and courage to create. It takes faith and courage to prove. Votes: 3 Owen D. Young
He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly. Votes: 1 B. C. Forbes
Pride is nothing more than false courage without long term solutions. Votes: 3 Shannon L. Alder
Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. Votes: 6 Grace Paley
"Then what can you want to do now?" said the old lady,gaining courage. "I wants to make your flesh creep," replied the boy. Votes: 3 Charles Dickens
If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. Votes: 2 David Viscott
The formula of life is simple. It is the formula of giving - giving courage, attention, peace, love and comfort to yourself and the society. Votes: 3 Amit Ray
When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming. Votes: 2 Della Reese
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. Votes: 2 Plautus
I think there's a growing courage among the younger generation of American writers. Because of the more superficial treatment of characters taking place in cinema, they have had to deal with that by digging deeper into who these people are. Votes: 3 Mohsin Hamid
Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it. Votes: 4 Tori Amos
If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. Votes: 4 David Viscott
One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. Votes: 3 Richard Hamming
I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight. Votes: 1 Chris Bell
Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others. Votes: 1 Brene Brown
I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double. Votes: 3 Catherine Deneuve
Maybe the hardest part of life is just having the courage to try. Votes: 3 Rachel Hollis
Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor. Votes: 1 Gary Hamel
A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Votes: 3 Lao Tzu
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. Votes: 3 Plutarch
Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation. Votes: 1 Alan Autry
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. Votes: 1 Miguel de Cervantes
An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all. Votes: 2 Dorothy Day
Where a man's strength and courage is tested most is in the way that he treats women - the way that he loves. Votes: 1 John Eldredge
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. Votes: 4 Ronald Reagan
My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage. Votes: 2 Clay Aiken
There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within. Votes: 3 Robert Dale Owen
Let your passion and courage swell in you until you can no longer be contained by fear. Votes: 3 Bryant McGill
It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand hardship. Much more significant is their inner development. And while some may be able to survive through sheer willpower, the ones who suffer the least are those who have a high degree of patience and courage in the face of adversity. Votes: 4 Dalai Lama
Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage. Votes: 3 Walter Lord
It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. Votes: 2 Stephen Leacock
If the City Council wants to hold the police accountable, it has the subpoena power and oversight responsibility to do so. They don't have the courage to do it. Votes: 1 Sal Albanese
You need the commitment of people that aren't worried about that next election, who are going to do the right thing and worry about the next generation. It's called political courage. And I can tell you, with me, you don't have to ask whether I have political courage. Votes: 5 Jeff Fitzgerald
On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut. Votes: 4 Marvin Olasky
I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks. Votes: 1 Renee Fleming
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Votes: 1 Reinhold Niebuhr
The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession. Votes: 1 Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger. Votes: 4 Yuvraj Singh
Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. Votes: 1 Jaclyn Smith
Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage. Votes: 3 Napoleon Bonaparte
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is. Votes: 6 Norman Schwarzkopf
Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences. Votes: 3 Zainab Salbi
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is. Votes: 4 Norman Schwarzkopf
If elected Speaker, I promise you that we will have the courage to lead the fight for our conservative principles and make our case to the American people. But we will also have the wisdom to listen to our constituents and each other so that we always move forward together. Votes: 4 Kevin McCarthy