Courage Quotes

"Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. Sometimes a chicken can save a man’s life."

- Mary Roach

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

- Edward Abbey

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

- Patrick Henry

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

- Ronald Reagan

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

- Nathan Hale

"Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces."

- Charlie Dent

"The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one’s country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed."

- William Jennings Bryan

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

- Thomas Jefferson

"You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity."

- Epicurus

"Success isn't final, failure isn't fatal, it's courage that counts."

- Alicia Coutts

"Don't give up. Don't ever give up."

- Jim Valvano

"Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

- Muhammad Ali

"Pitching is the art of instilling fear."

- Sandy Koufax

"It ain't nothin' till I call it."

- William 'Bill' Klem

"Start over, my darling. Be brave enough to find the life you want and courageous enough to chase it. Then start over and love yourself the way you were always meant to."

- Madalyn Beck

"Not knowing you can't do something is sometimes all it takes to do it."

- Ally Carter

"If something's important enough, you should try."

- Elon Musk

"Baseball is an American icon. It is the Statue of Liberty, the bald eagle, 'In God We Trust,' Mount Rushmore, ice cream, apple pie, hot dogs, and rally monkeys. Baseball is America."

- Victor Baltov, Jr.

"Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull... In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might."

- Dr. Seuss

"The only way around is through."

- Robert Frost

"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

"Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice."

- Shawn Johnson

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

"O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!"

- Phillips Brooks

"Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you."

- Misty Copeland

"Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears."

- Gillian Anderson

"To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that."

- Teresa of Ávila

"You are a survivor, not a victim. So with that, try not to be so hard on yourself, we both know you’re doing the best you can."