Courage Quotes

"It always seems impossible until it’s done."

- Nelson Mandela

"You can come out of the furnace of trouble two ways: if you let it consume you, you come out a cinder; but there is a kind of metal which refuses to be consumed, and comes out a star."

- Jean Church

"I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear."

- Rosa Parks

"When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way."

- Dalai Lama

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

- Henry Ford

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one."

- Elbert Hubbard

"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow."

- Carrie Fisher

"The key to growth is acknowledging your fear of the unknown and jumping in anyway."

- Jen Sincero

"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen, again and again, fear must be overcome again and again."

- Abraham Maslow

"Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me."

- Arianna Huffington

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship."

- Little Women

"There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

- Elbert Hubbard

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."

- Babe Ruth

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying."

- Michael Jordan

"A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once."

- Tupac Shakur

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."

- Thomas Paine

"I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it."

- Tupac Shakur

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."

- Moliere

"So no matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep ya head up…. and handle it."

- Tupac Shakur

"It's a strange thing to want to do, to come here. I'm curious what events would lead a person to want to spend their nights in a place like this... willingly."

- Circus Baby

"I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger."

- Serena Williams

"Dragonfly endurance is the art of flying against the storm, not avoiding it"

"As the dragonfly rises from the water, so too must we rise from doubt"

"Be like the dragonfly; above the surface calm, beneath, paddle hard"

"A dragonfly's journey is a dance; of grace and survival's stance"

"In moments of despair, remember the dragonfly: effortlessly gliding and full of grace"

"With the patience of dragonflies in flight, cope with life’s challenges one wingbeat at a time"

"Trust the dragonfly's journey, even when the path is unseen"

"You are not weak for struggling. You are strong for continuing to fight."

- Anonymous

"Recovery isn’t always easy, but it certainly beats the alternative."

- Anonymous