Courage Quotes

"And I honor the man who is willing to sink Half his present repute for the freedom to think, And, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t’ other half for the freedom to speak."

- James Russell Lowell

"Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer. It is more important than competence or vision. It can never be an elective in any law school. It can never be de-limited, dated or outworn, and it should pervade the heart, the halls of justice and the chambers of the mind."

- Robert F. Kennedy

"And I take this opportunity to declare, that …I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other, as this writ of assistance is. It appears to me…the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty, and the fundamental principles of the constitution, that ever was found in an English law-book."

- James Otis

"If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."

- Johnnie Cochran

"Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on."

- Thurgood Marshall

"I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm _right_."

- John Grisham

""Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.""

- Anaïs Nin

""Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.""

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"There’s always a backlash when you challenge people’s convictions and their heroes."

- P!NK

"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it."

- Rabindranath Tagore

"'He stands not alone... You would die before your stroke fell.'"

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"What does the leopard teach us? Not to be intimidated by animals that outweigh him. To be fearless and daring."

- J.D. Jacobs

"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyways."

- John Wayne

"You can't be scared to die for the truth. The truth is the only thing that is ever going to be constant."

- Will Smith

"“I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm’s way.”"

- Captain John Paul Jones

"“Don’t back down from the sharks.”"

- Admiral William H. McRaven

"It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil."

- Chester W. Nimitz

"To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that isn't afraid of facing challenges."

- Paulo Coelho

"‘Witch’ is something we call a woman who demands the benefit of the doubt, who speaks the truth, who punctures the con, who kills your joy if your joy is killing."

- Lindy West

"One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of. They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication."

- Carrie Fisher

"The path to glory is paved with courage and sacrifice."

"I admire your courage and determination. You are a true warrior."

"A hummingbird’s courage is its greatest weapon, often unseen but always felt"

"Courage is found in the hummingbird, facing storms with wings unfazed"

"The hummingbird's journey is long, but its courage is boundless"

"Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised."

"The hardest step for a horse is the first one, but it’s the one that shows its courage."

"You girls need to learn to fight. When witches don’t fight, we burn."

"If you’re scared, do it scared."

"In times of great difficulty, those with the courage to stay the course will be victors in the end"