Courage Quotes

"The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can’t have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I’d rather not be in a cage. I’d rather be dead. And it’s real simple. And I think it’s not that uncommon."

- Angelina Jolie

"Life is tough and things don’t always work out well, but we should be brave and go on with our lives."

- BTS's Suga

"Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free."

- Rumi

"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"The great courageous act that we must all do is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it."

- Bryce Courtenay

"A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for."

- Grace Hopper

"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."

- Vincent van Gogh

"The task of the preacher is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."

- Vance Havner

"It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher."

- George Whitefield

"It is better to make a thousand failures than to be too cowardly to ever undertake anything."

- Clovis G. Chappell

"There comes a time in your life when you can no longer put off choosing. You have to choose one path or the other. You can live safe and be protected by people just like you, or you can stand up and be a leader for what is right. Always, remember this: People never remember the crowd; they remember the one person that had the courage to say and do what no one would do."

- Shannon L. Alder

"You must be your very best in the darkest moments."

- Navy SEALs

"A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."

- John A. Shedd

"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

- Christopher Columbus

"Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory."

- Jim Carrey

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are."

- E. E. Cummings

"Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. … Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us."

- John Hancock

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."

- Thomas Jefferson

"The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die."

- George Washington

"Do the thing that you’re unwilling to do but that you know you need to do."

- Stefanos

"Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else."

- Maya Angelou

"Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground."

- Rosa Parks

"True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts."

- Mia Hamm

"You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right."

- Aung San Suu Kyi

"In the eye of the storm you remain in control."

"Running cross country is about conquering yourself, about pushing through the doubt and the fatigue."

"One of the biggest causes of failure is fear of failure. Try new things. Take big swings. Even if it doesn't work out, you tried something new and learned something. Always be ready to say "yes" to opportunity. Don't let fear stop you from doing amazing things. Saying "yes" to life takes courage, but the rewards make it totally worth it."

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers!"