Courage Quotes

"Most of all, you need moral courage because nursing is about the pursuit of justice. It requires you to stand up to bullies, to do things that are right but difficult, and to speak your mind even when you are afraid. I wasn’t strong like this when I started out. Nursing made me strong."

- Tilda Shalof

"To overcome fear is the quickest way to gain your self-confidence."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."

- Winston Churchill

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable."

- Paul Tillich

"The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you."

- William Jennings Bryan

"Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them."

- T. Harv Eker

"Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- Christopher Robin

"Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong."

- Peter T. McIntyre

"Courage is the starting point of everything good. To love another is to automatically feed the fire of courage. We cannot be humiliated when we are fighting for someone or something we love. We will not give up when we are fighting for loved ones. As we evolve, our loved ones extend out from our family to include all of humanity. Courage and confidence will grow over the years with practice and self-awareness. We are never alone. God will help us. Such is the courage which gains respect from others. More importantly, we gain respect for ourselves."

- Donna Goddard

"Don’t be afraid of struggles, because as you go on, it enhances your confidence."

- Anath Lee Wales

"To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength."

- Criss Jami

"A warrior believes in an end she can’t see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to me."

- Kristin Hannah

"Even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you’d be okay."

- Jojo Moyes

"Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy."

- Danielle Steel

"To keep a warm heart in winter is the real victory."

- Marty Rubin

"Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man’s ingratitude."

- William Shakespeare

"The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake."

- Meg Whitman

"I came, I cared, I charted"

"You think Mondays are bad? Try working weekends, holidays and 12 hour nights"

"Be nice to the nurses, we keep the doctor from accidentally killing you."

"I’m one shift away from developing a drug habit."

"Full-time drug dealer. Just one of my many talents."

"Yes, I’m a nurse. I stab people for a living!"

"A new nurse gets scared when a doctor yells. An old nurse yells back."

"Why yes I do marathons. It’s called 12.5+ hour nurse shift run 3 times a week."

"Happy Wednesday! Good morning to a day that whispers, ‘You’ve come this far, and you’re capable of going even further.’ Embrace the challenge, embrace the victory."

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. I understand setbacks can be discouraging, but never give up. Keep persisting with courage."

"Turning 40 is a badge of honor, a sign that you’ve navigated the waves of life with courage and grace."

"Embrace 40 with a heart full of dreams and the courage to chase them."