Courage Quotes

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it."

- Chinese Proverb

"There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country."

- Nick Lampson

"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."

- Colonel William Prescott

"Stand your ground! Don't fire unless fired upon! But if they want to have a war, let it begin here!"

- Captain Jonas Parker

"The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his Country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger."

- General Andrew Jackson

"Men, let us die like soldiers."

- LIEUTENANT CURWEN B. McLELLAN

"I never dodge! When I hear the bugle sound a retreat, I will leave, and not before."

- General Israel D. Richardson

""Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.""

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

""You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.""

- Stephen King

""Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.""

- Maggie Kuhn

""You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.""

- Dolly Parton

"So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

- Bruce Lee

"It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone."

- Hans F. Hansen

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

- Olivia Benson

"What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child; it’s the courage to raise one."

- Barack Obama

"Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero."

- Fred Rogers

"Parenting is not for the faint of heart."

- Eric D. Huntsman

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground."

- Unknown

"Being a foster parent is not a job. It's a calling."

"Even on the hardest days, foster parents are the lighthouse in the storm for a child."

"It takes courage to stand up and become a foster parent, and even more to sit down and listen."

"Fostering is not a lifetime commitment to a child, but a commitment to be there for a lifetime."

"What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child—it's the courage to raise one."

"Your heart might be nervous, but it's brave enough to love more."

"Foster parenting is a path of courage, sprinkled with trials and triumphs."

"Real heroes don't have a name on the back of their shirts; they have a child in their heart."

"Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws, and foster mothers live that strength every day."

"It's clear foster parents are heroes without capes."