Quotes about Courage
I'm definitely guilty of turning tail and running in places in my life. It's the lack of courage, really.
People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.'
You can look at any industry and sector and then figure out how high is your glass ceiling. Do you want to diversify or do you want to penetrate the ceiling? Because the ones who break the glass ceiling are going to be big-time winners, but it will be a longer-term view on things and requires a lot more courage, a lot more guts.
I grew up poor in East Houston. I used to be ashamed of it, but I'm not anymore. It's kind of a badge of courage now.
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing what your instinct tells you is right.
But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.
I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.
Only those who have the courage to take a penalty miss them.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Courage without conscience is a wild beast.
Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.
You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.
We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.
In this business, you need to be in the right place at the right time, have luck and the courage to do the job.
Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.
Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.
Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.
Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.
Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages.
It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures a subdued, quiet, and delicate manner does not go still further.
America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.
I would love to be a Franciscan brother. I'm just not sure I have the courage to do it.
I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.
My first and most loved real novel was 'Little Women.' I identified with the Jo character even though we were opposites. Jo was very strong-minded and brave, and I was shy and kind of a wuss, everyplace but in my own home. I wanted to be Jo. She was my alter ego. I think reading that book gave me courage.
Often times we don't have answers. We put it in the 'I don't understand' file so you are not subject to questioning God too much. Because God is good anyway. You just gotta keep it moving and pray for strength and courage to go forward.
Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.
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.
