Courage Quotes

Letty's first false step was here: she said to herself _I can not_, and did not. She lacked courage--a want in her case not much to be wondered at, but much to be deplored, for courage of the true sort is just as needful to the character of a woman as of a man.

~ George Macdonald

Will you have the courage to obey the voice of God?

~ Craig Groeschel

Sometimes having courage means the hardest tasks fall onto your shoulders, and those leave the biggest scars.

~ C.j. Redwine

Sometimes you have to walk through the fire, in order to reach your calling.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Sometimes, breaking down is the bravest thing you can do.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

To experience courage, is to experience life. Reflected in loved ones, the greatest encouragement. Dignity, integrity and strength, a harmonious chord, interwoven into an unbreakable cord.

~ Tom Althouse

...opportunities typically come disguised as impossible problems. And while most people run away from their problems, Shamgars run at them with their oxgoads.

~ Mark Batterson

Courage doesn't wait until situational factors turn in one's favor. It doesn't wait until a plan is perfectly formed. It doesn't wait until the tide of popular opinion is turned. Courage only waits for one thing: a green light from God. And when God gives the go, it's full steam ahead, no questions asked.

~ Mark Batterson

When God stirs our spirit or breaks our heart, we cannot sit back. We've got to step up and step in. We've got to go all in by going all out. But if we have the courage to make the choice or take the risk, it will become the defining moment of our lives.

~ Mark Batterson

Courage is a certainty.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perseverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?

~ Ann Voskamp

Always count the costs before starting any journey, and never take a step without finding its costs.

~ Auliq Ice

There is nothing that can defeat you if it does not first capture your mind.

~ Kierra C.t. Banks

Until there are so many of them that no one dares to chase them anymore. Until they're an army in themselves. Because if a sufficient number of people are different, no one has to be normal.

~ Fredrik Backman

Treat others good and you will be a moral compass.

~ Auliq Ice

How does one measure bravery? I suppose one starts by looking at the difference between what you are naturally inclined to do, and what your sense of duty tells you you should do. Courage is what it costs you to cover the deficiency.

~ Ian Gardiner

Vulnerability of all the emotions is the one that is most often mistaken for weakness. In reality however the opposite is true, vulnerability is courage in its greatest form.

~ Jellis Vaes

Love and gratitude offers courage.

~ Auliq Ice

An opinion isn't right or wrong. It's your interpretation of a subject or a situation. You can't be f......g wrong!So, if I look at the sky and have the opinion that the clouds are pink, I'm right?Yes! Because it's an opinion, not a fact, and maybe to you, the clouds are pink because you're nuts. An opinion doesn't need to be true for anyone else in the world but you. Stop trying to f.....g please everyone and just say what you think.

~ Leisa Rayven

His words held depth, but not enough to make her forget the desire to do something more than just leave the hospital alive. All she could think of now was the pain of running away. She'd left her family, left Prague behind out of fear. And still war had chased her to an ARP shelter in the heart of London. How could she run again? Something mattered in standing up to fight.

~ Kristy Cambron

If someone's trying to get you angry, the calmer you get, the angrier they'll get.

~ Valerie Jarrett

Inwardly, though, she was blown empty by a giant breath, and while they stood waiting for Mr. Henshaw to tie up the Clara she knew that she would never be the same poor, ignorant woman of an hour ago. She would be poor, all right, and she would be ignorant and she would be a woman, but never in the same ways.

~ M.f.k. Fisher

Then don't you dare tell me my dreams are insane! Because my dreams are what I live for!

~ Robert Thier

No.” The smile had left Sarah’s voice. “He still works for the Basij. Beware of weak men, little sister. He never returned to help, not even to express condolences for Father. Find a strong man. Get a man who will stand up for you, even if it means he has to fight the whole world. There is nothing more dangerous than a weak man.

~ Michael Benzehabe

Courageous people run toward the problem rather than away from it.

~ Frank Sonnenberg

In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging-and could have been from the very first-the steadfast principles of an unflinching courage-an uncontrollable will-a sturdy pride which might be disciplined into self-respect-and a bitter scorn of many things, which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them.

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

In a world without fear of death... people will never attain the hope that is to be found from casting their fears aside and persevering through them. While it is true that people can continue to press forward through the simple act of living... That is in no way comparable to marching forward in the face of death while doing their damnedest to keep it at bay. That is why... that is why people have given that very march a unique and special name. Courage.

~ Tite Kubo

Death is just a door that only love can come and go through.

~ T.l. Moffitt

Luck is for those with nothing else. I wish you strength and courage.

~ Annette Marie

It is our courage which defines us, not our constraints

~ Gyan Nagpal

One gains courage from the one in front of her and moves forward a few steps, passing her by just a little. Now the one farthest back gains courage from the one in front and moves forward until she, in turn, is the leader. And so in this way, taking courage from one another, they advance, as a group, towards the strange thing in front of them.

~ Lydia Davis

[L]ife is more than just steering a course around pain.

~ Stephen King

Courage is winning small battles with great honor.

~ Nathan S. Colestock

It only takes patience to live through this life.

~ Auliq Ice

There will be times in your life when you will have to stand alone in your pain and choke back all the injustice done to you. Letting go will be the hardest thing you have ever had to do because it means losing something you wish you didn't have to lose--the person that you care for. However, to be authentic--one person, it requires standing for truth as you know it to be, instead of having your dignity destroyed by another. It is a fire you have to walk through, in order to truly live. Sometimes, practicing faith by letting go is the most painful chapter of your life that will take every bit of courage for you to close, before you can be reborn.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Theres a remarkable amount of strength residing in those who move forward without being able to physically move. Ones that carry the weight of illness or a disability, they battle wars most know nothing about. They are the true warriors of the world, the ones who have every reason to quit but never do.

~ Nikki Rowe

When life places stones in your path, be the water. A persistent drop of water will wear away even the hardest stone.

~ Autumn Morning Star

You didn’t find strength when you couldn’t live without it. You found it when you had someone or something you loved so much that it forced you to stretch the edges of yourself further than you thought was possible.

~ Martina Boone

The message of love or beauty or hope needs to be said by a hundred thousand different voices, written by a hundred thousand different pens, at a hundred thousand different times in history, different places in the world, different sectors of society, in different genres and registers, simply to be heard by the billions of ears and hearts that lie waiting for a truth which fires their soul, answers their question, speaks to their heart.

~ Lucy H. Pearce

When we have the courage to claim space for ourselves. When we risk creativity. When we relish our sensuality. When we honor our lives and their experiences as valuable. When we create from a female body, expressing ourselves in a woman’s voice, using a woman’s language. We begin to bloom.

~ Lucy H. Pearce