Quotes for Courage

It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash the energy, innovation, and commitment to self-development.

Frances Hesselbein

My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

Jane Goodall

I think my greatest virtue is that I have the courage to take tough decisions. As for my greatest fault, I guess I should be a little tougher. The feedback I get always is that I am not as tough and demanding as I should be.

Ajay Piramal

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Ronald Reagan

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.

Bob Filner

What the Anzac legend did do, by the bravery and sacrifice of our troops, was reinforce our own cultural notions of independence, mateship, and ingenuity. Of resilience and courage in adversity.

Paul Keating

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Maya Angelou

Fortune favours the brave.

Virgil

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Anais Nin

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

Joyce Meyer

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Louisa Alcott

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill

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.

Anatole France

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

C. S. Lewis

Fortune befriends the bold.

John Dryden

Senator Rubio is uniquely qualified to lead our nation with conviction and courage to tackle the pressing issues of our time, whether it's strengthening our military, ensuring the safety of our people, or lifting the weight of government from our shoulders.

Kenneth C. Griffin

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.

Stanislaw Lem

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Baltasar Gracian

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Winston Churchill