Courage Quotes

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear."

- Rosa Parks

"Jump in with both feet and be brave."

- Sujit Choudhry

"Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges."

- Amit Ray

"The victory over our inner self is a daily struggle. Be strong and do not give up."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

""When things get tough, you get tougher.""

- Chrissie Wellington

""You’re a fighter. Look at everything you’ve overcome. Don’t give up now.""

- Olivia Benson

"I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: ‘Wait a minute. If I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?’ And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk."

- Craig Ferguson

"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."

- John Wayne

"Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light."

- Norman B. Rice

"The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage."

- Thucydides

"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in all the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual."

- John Steinbeck

"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I cannot accept not trying."

- Michael Jordan

"To see what is right and not do is a lack of courage."

- Confucius

"It takes courage to examine your life and to decide that there are things you would like to change, and it takes even more courage to do something about it."

- Sue Hadfield

"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."

- Aung San Suu Kyi

"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it; our freedom must be buttressed by a homogeny equally and unchallengeably free, no matter what color they are, so that all the other inimical forces everywhere—systems political or religious or racial or national—will not just respect us because we practice freedom, they will fear us because we do."

- William Faulkner

"No person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow."

- Amelia Earhart

"Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that is celebrated with champagne...Oh no! It's a...long distance race, quite solitary and very exhausting."

- Albert Camus

"I may not agree with what you say, but to your death I will defend your right to say it."

- Voltaire

"If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all."

- Noam Chomsky

"Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by the fault of those who keep silent. We are still free enough to speak. Do we have time? No one can tell."

- Ayn Rand

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

- Deuteronomy 31:6

"We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world."

- Mother Teresa

"You are a brave little lion. The whole world is going to hear you roar."

"You are strong. You are so brave. You can do anything. All you have to do is try."

"To be a hero, you must choose the right path."

"I love that you tried something difficult. You can do hard things."

"Life will take you to amazing places if you have the courage to try."

"Recovery is hard, but not recovering is harder."

"You are braver, smarter, and stronger than you realize."