Courage Quotes

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.

No one reaches a high position without daring.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say it is brave.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear.

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

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

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.