Courage
733 quotes: 11 by Keith Craft, 722 from other voices.
Other voices on Courage
- I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
- I dare do all that may become a man; who dares do more is none.
- I don’t like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything.
- I don’t understand why everyone is afraid of failing when it hurts so much more to miss out on everything that you dream of because you lack the courage to try.
- I feel sorry for the man who has never known the bracing thrill of taking a stand and sticking to it fearlessly.
- I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out there... I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
- I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.
- I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it.
- I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
- I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
- I may grow flowers in my garden which you do not like, but the pity is if I allow you to trample them out.
- I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.
- I shall open up a path into the interior, or perish.
- I think the things you most regret in life are things you didn’t do. What you really regret was never asking that girl to dance.
- I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.
- I will not follow where the path may lead; instead I will go where there is no path and leave a trail.
- I would rather be right than be president.
- I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than attempt to do nothing and succeed.
- I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.
- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
- If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
- If an offence come out of the truth, better is it that the offence come, than the truth be concealed.
- If every risk you take pays off, then you probably aren’t actually taking risks.
- If I were out of prison to-day, I would preach the Gospel again to-morrow, by the help of God.
- If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to.Florence Scovel ShinnSourced
- If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!
- If the primary aim of the captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
- If there is no risk of failure, there can be no success.
- If we attempted only the possible in this world we should soon stop where we are; it is for the young man, with his enthusiasm, to battle with the impossible and carry the world a step farther on in discovery, if not in actual accomplishment.
- If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand for much.
- If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be too cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
- If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
- If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
- If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
- If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
- If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
- If you aren’t making mistakes, you aren’t taking enough risks.
- If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.
- If you can’t beat fear, just do it scared.