Courage Quotes

"If you are in your twenties and scared of failing, you are failing. No one expects anything from you. Go out there. Explore. Try. Fail. You will be grateful in your thirties."

- @orangebook

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"

- Vincent van Gogh

"The fisherman knows that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."

- Vincent van Gogh

"Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open."

- Natalie Goldberg

"You don’t have to see the whole staircase; just take the first step."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction....The chain reaction of evil — hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars — must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives are not fully lived if we’re not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

""Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.""

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Courage is an inner resolution to go forward in spite of obstacles and frightening situations."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

""The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moment of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.""

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho’ we may be, our destiny is tied up with America’s destiny."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

""You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.""

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I’m a survivor / I’m not gonna give up / I’m not gonna stop / I’m gonna work harder"

- Destiny’s Child

"You'll Face Harder Things Than a Cricket Ball..."

- Rusty's dad

"Fight each round, take it on the chin. And never never never ever give in."

- Olivia Newton John

"It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father."

- Barack Obama

"Happiness is a form of courage."

- Holbrook Jackson

"Everything we might want in Life is on the other side of fear."

- Unknown