Courage Quotes

"Anger is only one letter short of danger."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Pressure is a privilege, it only comes to those who earn it."

- Billie Jean King

"Courage is being scared to death…and saddling up anyway."

- John Wayne

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."

- C. S. Lewis

"The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!"

- Joyce Meyer

"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."

- Romans 12:21

"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

"One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man."

- Leonard Ravenhill

"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, and who is neither tarnished nor afraid."

- Raymond Chandler

"Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

- George Orwell

"The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion."

- Proverbs 28:1

"Bravery is not the absence of fear, but action (the mastery of it) in the face of fear."

- John Berridge

"Real heroes don't wear capes. Real superheroes wear uniforms and badges and stethoscopes!"

- Dean Cain

"Police officers put the badge on every morning, not knowing for sure if they'll come home at night to take it off."

- Tom Cotton

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color."

- Colin Kaepernick

""It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.""

- Muhammad Ali

"People say to me all the time, ‘You have no fear.’ I tell them, ‘No, that’s not true. I’m scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I’m a courageous person because I’m a scared person.'"

- Ronda Rousey

"When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction."

- John Madden

"The real risk is doing nothing."

- Denis Waitley

"No, maybe I can’t win, maybe the only thing I can do is just take everything he’s got. But to beat me, he’s gonna have to kill me, and to kill me, he’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me, and to do that, he’s gotta be willing to die himself and I don’t know if he’s ready to do that. I don’t know, I don’t know."

- Rocky Balboa

"To beat me, he’s going to have to kill me. He’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me and to do that, he’s got to be willing to die himself."

- Rocky Balboa

"You’re gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you’ve ever dreamed. But when it’s over, I know you’ll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. Do it."

- Rocky Balboa

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

- Sylvester Stallone

"No, maybe I can’t win, maybe the only thing I can do is just take everything he’s got. But to beat me, he’s gonna have to kill me, and to kill me, he’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me."

- Sylvester Stallone

"You’re gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you’ve ever dreamed. But when it’s over, I know you’ll be the one standing."

- Sylvester Stallone

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

"I don’t have to draw a line in the sand. I already have one. It’s thin. It’s blue. It’s mine and if you cross it, I will protect it."

"Don't like cops? The next time you’re in trouble, call a criminal."

"You are the real heroes of our community."