Courage Quotes

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."

- Helen Keller

"You don’t have to be good at it, you just have to do it."

- Karine Candice Kong

"You have to push past your perceived limits, push past that point you thought was as far as you can go."

- Drew Brees

"In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up."

- Rich Froning Jr.

"...without a Respectable Navy, Alas America!"

- Captain John Paul Jones

"Distance is not for the fearful, it’s for the bold. It’s for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It’s for those who know a good thing when they see it, even if they don’t see it nearly enough."

- Meghan Daum

"Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

- Muhammad Ali

"But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer."

- Viktor E. Frankl

"Comfort is your biggest trap and coming out of your comfort zone your biggest challenge."

- Manoj Arora

"The soldier is the army. No army is better than its soldiers. The soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country."

- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

"Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic."

- John A. Logan

"May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!"

- Sen. Daniel Webster

"Who kept the faith and fought the fight; the glory theirs, the duty ours."

- Wallace Bruce

"Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall."

- John Dickinson

"A partner can encourage you, maybe even stop you from falling, but they can't get you to the top. That's entirely up to you."

- Roland Smith

"We can be whatever we have the courage to see."

- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way."

- Captain John Paul Jones

"Don't give up the ship!"

- Captain James Lawrence

"Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!"

- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut

"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!"

- Leutenant Howell Maurice Forgy (USN)

"The battle of Iwo Island [Jima] has been won. The United States Marines, by their individual and collective courage, have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.... Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue."

- Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

""Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made.""

- Gabby Douglas

""A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.""

- Billie Jean King

""Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.""

- Winston Churchill

""Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.""

- Bethany Hamilton

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

- Mark Twain

"The more comfort, the less courage there is."

- Field Marshal Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov

"True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going."

- Robert Reich

"These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror."

- Michael N. Castle

"What are the values of a Good Soldier?…Freedom and courage. Freedom is what makes us fight, and courage is what keeps us from running away."