Favorite Quotations ~ Courage

Warm watercolor symbolizing courage Courage doesn’t always roar; sometimes it whispers quietly in the heart, urging you to stand up again. These words honor the brave spirit within us all, from quiet persistence to bold leaps of faith.

I'm not funny. What I am is brave. ~ Lucille Ball

It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage. ~ Matthieu Ricard

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. ~ Amelia Earhart

Let your pain be my sorrow / Let your tears be my tears too / Let your courage be my model / That the north you find will be true. ~ Sting

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. ~ Helen Keller

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. ~ John Petit-Senn

Each of us has capacities. The real trick is knowing the machinery of the boat in which you are crossing the channel. ~ Joseph Campbell

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward. ~ Edgar Allen Poe

Passion and hard work make a great player, but the courage to get up every time you fall is what makes a champion. ~ Jeanette Lee

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. ~ Mary Tyler Moore

What kind of man would live a life without daring? Is life so sweet that we should criticize men that seek adventure? Is there a better way to die? ~ Charles Lindbergh

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. ~ Søren Kierkegaard

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage. ~ Confucius

A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling. ~ Rudyard Kipling

Courage is not a blustering manifestation of strength and power. Sometimes courage is only revealed in the midst of great weakness and greater fear. ~ Howard Thurman