While some people appear naturally courageous, most of us are not. Luckily, courage can be built one courageous step at a time.
I hope the following 20 quotes on courage can inspire you a little to start developing your own courage, so you can create a full, rich and meaningful life.
- “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the silent voice at the end of the day that says ‘I will try again tomorrow’.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
- “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” ~ Walt Disney
- “You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.” ~ Brené Brown
- “Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
- “The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.” ~ Thucydides
- “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” ~ Coco Chanel
- “Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The best way out is always through.” ~ Robert Frost
- “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ~ E.E. Cummings
- “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” ~ Steve Jobs
- “Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” ~ Eddie Rickenbacker
- “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” ~ Bruce Lee
- “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~ Lao Tzu
- “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~ Anaïs Nin
- “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ~ William Faulkner
- “Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.” ~ P. T. Barnum
- “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
- “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities… because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” ~ Winston Churchill
- “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” ~ Winston Churchill
- “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.” ~ Nelson Mandela
Reflection –
Which quote was your favourite?
Do you have any other favourite quotes on courage that are not listed here? If so, feel free to share the best one(s) you have found below in the comments section.
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10 Comments
Mike
April 4, 2021Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.
John Wayne
Jane
April 7, 2021Thanks for sharing that quote Mike!
Haven Manning
September 3, 2020Hello Jane! The quote:
“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.”
was a great quote for me informative essay that I am writing. Thank you!
Jane
September 12, 2020Thanks for sharing Heven! Be well 🙂
nina harris
December 18, 2019i read this as a kid, in commentary of a brace race horse, but it rings true even now:
“courage is that rare coin which returns tenfold to the spendthrift, yet leaves the miser pennyless”
i dont remember who it was a quote from.:)
Jane
December 19, 2019Thanks for sharing Nina – I haven’t heard that one before!
Aiden Taylor
November 17, 2019I have a family member that needed to learn the 9th one. It is very true.
Jane
November 17, 2019Bless 🙂 And so did I!
Krishnendu Pramanick
April 20, 2019Hi Jane,
I like the 9th one – “it takes courage to grow up and become who you are.”
Thanks for this post!
Jane
April 20, 2019Thanks for letting us know!
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