Courage Quotes

"I don’t understand why everyone is afraid of failing when it hurts so much more to miss out on everything that you dream of because you lack the courage to try."

- Mel Robbins

"How we react to times of uncertainty, and whether we make decisions based in love or fear, can change the course of our life. Champions aren’t made when the game is easy. In any area of life."

- Jaime Kern Lima

"War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight."

- General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson

"Never take counsel of your fears."

- General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson

"Charge them both ways."

- General Nathan Bedford Forrest

"In any fight, it's the first blow that counts; and if you keep it up hot enough, you can whip 'em as fast as they come up."

- General Richard Ewell

"There is far more to professional fitness than knowledge and skill in the techniques and tools of war. These the officer must have, but the final test of his ability is not in what he knows but what he is."

- General Matthew R. Ridgway

"Man is and always will be the supreme element in combat, and upon the skill, the courage and endurance, and the fighting heart of the individual soldier the issue will ultimately depend."

- General Matthew B. Ridgway

"I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight!"

- General Maxwell D. Taylor

"In the old days we trained Karate as a martial art, but now they train Karate as a gymnastic sport. I think we must avoid treating Karate as a sport – it must be a martial art at all times! Your fingers and the tips of your toes must be like arrows, your arms must be like iron. You have to think that if you kick, you try to kick the enemy dead. If you punch, you must thrust to kill. If you strike, then you strike to kill the enemy. This is the spirit you need in order to progress in your training."

- Choshin Chibana

"The ultimate goal in Karate is to defeat opponents in a real life-or-death situation."

- Teruyuki Higa

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see."

- Muhammad Ali

"I am a shark, the ground is my ocean, and most people can’t even swim."

- Rickson Gracie

"Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve – as if you might die in the next instant."

- Taisen Deshimaru

"The opposite of courage is conformity."

- Rickson Gracie

"The ultimate goal in Karate is to defeat opponents in a real-life-or-death situation."

- Teruyuki Higa

"The heart of our karate is real fighting. There can be no proof without real fighting."

- Mas Oyama

"Never take your eyes off your opponent…even when you’re bowing!"

- Bruce Lee

"Train with the energy of a warrior and soon you will have the heart of a warrior."

- Shifu Yan Lei

"Being a warrior is not about the act of fighting. It's about being so prepared to face a challenge and believing so strongly in the cause you are fighting for that you refuse to quit."

- Richard Machowicz

"I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger."

- Mencius

"To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."

- Bertrand Russell

"Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.'"

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you … never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

"If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender and rise up against the odds."

- Jesse Jackson

"Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose."

- Nancy Kerrigan

"He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him."

- Moorish proverb

"If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose."

- Jesse Jackson

"who has never had his metal tested."

"Don't block with your face"