Courage Quotes

""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

"Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’"

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."

- John F. Kennedy

"I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me."

- Cheryl Strayed

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts"

- Winston S. Churchill

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

- John F. Kennedy

"The stories of past courage…can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this, each man must look into his own soul."

- John F. Kennedy

"So let us begin anew—remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."

- John F. Kennedy

"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

- Galileo

"Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid."

- Frederick Buechner

"Dragons take on many forms – the hardest task of the day, a new responsibility, an impending deadline, or even dealing with conflict – and the trick is to just slay the dragon and move on. Don't overthink it. To succeed, you have to have the confidence to take things head on and keep moving forward."

- Sarah Mannone

"We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets."

- Harvey Milk

"Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you."

- Chris Colfer

"It takes no compromise to give people their rights… It takes no political deal to give people freedom."

- Harvey Milk

"It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist."

- Laverne Cox

"The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you’ve just told them."

- Rachel Maddow

"Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I’ve ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn’t even realized I was carrying."

- Sir Ian McKellen

"The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them."

- Rachel Maddow

"If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door."

- Harvey Milk

"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’"

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Breaking an addiction is never easy, but it can be done. You are stronger than that red-faced demon screaming in the bathroom."

- Callie Bowld

"One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something"

- Nolan Ryan

"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it."

- John F. Kennedy

"I was arrested for possession and cultivation of marijuana in the early ’70s, and it was thrown out. The judge asked me how I felt about it, and I said, I understand the law, and I want you to know I’ll pay the fine, but I cannot guarantee I will not break this law again."

- George Carlin

"In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing."

- Hank Aaron

"Stay courageous, your courage inspires everybody around you."

"Never fear the unknown path. Embrace the journey."

"Come out, come out, wherever you are!"

"Failure is usually because you decided to take a chance — that is incredibly commendable."

"Running away from your problems is a race you’ll never win. Instead, reach out for help and try to confront them."