Courage
733 quotes: 11 by Keith Craft, 722 from other voices.
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- Courage is not the absence of fear — it’s inspiring others to move beyond it.
- Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.
- 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 he is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word.
- Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities
- Courage is the birthplace of confidence.
- Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.
- Courage is the first of human virtues because it makes all others possible.
- Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
- Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.Clare Boothe LuceSourced
- Courage is the main quality of leadership, in my opinion, no matter where it is exercised.
- Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
- Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.
- Courage is the quality it takes to look at yourself with candor, your adversaries with kindness and your setbacks with serenity.
- Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.Ruth GordonSourced
- Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; it is also what it takes, on occasion, to sit down and listen.
- Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
- Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's just deciding that fear isn't calling the shots anymore
- Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.
- Courage means doing what’s right no matter what they say.
- Courage, not complacency, is our need today; leadership, not salesmanship.
- Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.Brené BrownCommonly attributed
- Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes the man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.
- Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
- Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?
- Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.William ShakespeareSourced
- Creativity takes courage.
- Criticism comes to those who stand out.
- Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
- Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
- Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
- Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie.
- Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
- Dare to do your duty always; this is the height of true valor.
- Daring deeds dazzle history and are one of man’s great sources of light.
- Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
- Destiny is not for comfort seekers.
- Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.
- Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.
- Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.
- Do it trembling if you must, but do it!