Courage Quotes

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."

- Neil Gaiman

"If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it."

- Elon Musk

"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow."

- Carrie Fisher

"Too late for second-guessing / Too late to go back to sleep / It’s time to trust my instincts / Close my eyes and leap."

- Stephen Schwartz

"You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen."

- Michelle Obama

"Owning up to your vulnerabilities is a form of strength."

- Lizzo

"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."

- Audre Lorde

"If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes backbone to lead the life you want."

- Richard Yates

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."

- Louisa May Alcott

"You can’t win is you, and you don’t have to listen."

- Jessica Ennis

"Be courageous. Challenge orthodoxy. Stand up for what you believe in. When you are in your rocking chair talking to your grandchildren many years from now, be sure you have a good story to tell."

- Amal Clooney

"Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness."

- Selena Gomez

"I am experienced enough to do this. I am knowledgeable enough to do this. I am prepared enough to do this. I am mature enough to do this. I am brave enough to do this."

- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

- Rosa Parks

"When we let fear be our master, we cannot be happy and free as a butterfly. But when we choose to trust the journey and embrace love and joy, we are free to fly."

- Annicken R. Day

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye."

- Helen Keller

"Action eliminates doubt."

- Nashid Sharrief

"No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up, and never give up."

- Regina Brett

"It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."

- Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa

"The Sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on."

- Charles Dickens

"There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."

- Amanda Gorman

"Success is Not Final, Failure is Not Fatal: it is the Courage to Continue that Counts."

- Winston Churchill

"The Real Risk is Doing Nothing."

- Denis Waitley

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."

- Muhammad Ali

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Courage doesn't always roar, sometimes it's the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering 'I will try again tomorrow.'"

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Failure isn’t an option. I’ve erased the word ‘fear’ from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can’t fail."

- Alicia Keys

"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning."