Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. 16 thoughts from Erich Fromm
One man with courage makes a majority. 9 thoughts from Andrew Jackson
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? 23 more quotes from Vincent Van Gogh
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. 6 sayings from Earl Nightingale
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. 18 sayings from Jean Paul
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. 11 quotes from Clare Boothe Luce
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. 3 sayings from Herbert Kaufman
Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green. 4 quotes from Torquato Tasso
Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity. 3 quotes from Richard L. Evans
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. 4 more wisdom & wit from Channing Pollock
Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. 6 other wisdom & wit from Rollo May
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. 11 views from Charlie Chaplin
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. 4 quotes from Giacomo Casanova
One man with courage is a majority. 70 more wisdom & wit from Thomas Jefferson
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? 81 quotes from William Shakespeare
Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience. 4 more wisdom & wit from James Freeman Clarke
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined. 6 thoughts from Leo Rosten
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. 8 more quotes from Hosea Ballou
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. 27 more quotes from Leonardo da Vinci
Necessity does the work of courage. 4 other quotes from Nicholas M. Butler
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. 4 quotes from Nicholas M. Butler
Optimism is the foundation of courage. 4 other quotes from Nicholas M. Butler
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. 14 more views from Edward Gibbon
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. 3 views from Carl Friedrich Gauss
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. 6 thoughts from Rollo May
We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. 38 thoughts from William Hazlitt
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. 26 other views from Harry S. Truman
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. 4 quotes from John Wayne
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. 46 wisdom & wit from John F. Kennedy
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. 52 more thoughts from Gilbert K. Chesterton
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. 135 thoughts from Ralph Waldo Emerson
I beg you take courage the brave soul can mend even disaster. 6 quotes from Catherine the Great
If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. 2 quotes from David Viscott
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. 15 more sayings from Christopher Morley
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. 52 other quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton
Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway. 21 other quotes from Mignon McLaughlin
Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results. 4 quotes from Kenneth L. Pike
Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. 2 more quotes from Anna Akhmatova
Every man of courage is a man of his word. 15 other quotes from Pierre Corneille
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. 7 views from Sydney Smith
I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. 53 views from Marilyn Monroe
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. 15 other quotes from Reinhold Niebuhr
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base. 14 other quotes from Jean Anouilh
Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence. 14 more quotes from Jean Anouilh
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. 14 quotes from Thomas Hardy
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. 21 other thoughts from Mignon McLaughlin
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. 14 views from Jean Anouilh
We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy. 8 more thoughts from Stokely Carmichael
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats
Courage is grace under pressure. 35 thoughts from Ernest Hemingway
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. 10 thoughts from Hermann Hesse
A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. 7 quotes from John Quincy Adams
He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. 115 wisdom & wit from George Bernard Shaw
I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. 115 other sayings from George Bernard Shaw
Life is to be entered upon with courage. 19 more quotes from Alexis de Tocqueville
It requires more courage to suffer than to die. 50 other sayings from Napoleon Bonaparte
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. 11 quotes from Paul Tillich
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. 16 views from Coco Chanel
Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment. 50 views from Napoleon Bonaparte
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. 11 quotes from Paul Tillich
The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt. 11 other sayings from Paul Tillich
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue. 50 thoughts from Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. 63 more views from Samuel Johnson
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. 4 quotes from Arthur Koestler
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. 63 thoughts from Samuel Johnson
He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he that loses his courage loses all. 21 other views from Miguel de Cervantes
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. 5 sayings from James Thomson
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on. 90 other quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. 24 sayings from Henri Frederic Amiel
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. 4 wisdom & wit from Jeremy Collier
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. 13 thoughts from e. e. cummings
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. 30 quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt
A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail. 8 more wisdom & wit from Lewis Mumford
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. 2 quotes from David Ben-Gurion
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. 2 more quotes from David Ben-Gurion
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. 36 more quotes from Theodore Roosevelt
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. 4 quotes from Jonas Salk
I'll know how to die with courage that is easier than living. 6 other views from Georg Buchner
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. 36 wisdom & wit from Theodore Roosevelt
There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality. 4 quotes from Jonas Salk
Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage. 4 quotes from William Samuel Johnson
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. 20 quotes from George S. Patton
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. 25 more wisdom & wit from C. S. Lewis
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. 98 quotes from Mark Twain
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. 98 more wisdom & wit from Mark Twain
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. 22 quotes from Andre Gide
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. 11 wisdom & wit from Bruce Lee
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. 74 other sayings from Winston Churchill
The best protection any woman can have... is courage. 9 more quotes from Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. 52 wisdom & wit from Albert Camus
A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things. 4 quotes from Jacques Maritain
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. 2 more sayings from Erwin Rommel
Courage! I have shown it for years think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? 2 sayings from Marie Antoinette
Genius is talent set on fire by courage. 11 views from Henry Van Dyke
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. 39 quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed. 21 thoughts from Dale Carnegie
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. 2 quotes from John Bunyan
Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. 14 wisdom & wit from Wendell Phillips
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. 3 quotes from Benjamin Banneker
Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference. 52 sayings from Albert Camus
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. 3 thoughts from George A. Sheehan
The weak in courage is strong in cunning. 32 sayings from William Blake
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets. 20 quotes from George S. Patton
Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. 12 more quotes from James Allen
Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. 12 quotes from James Allen
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. 4 quotes from Margaret Mitchell
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. 23 other quotes from Walt Disney
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. 75 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. 10 quotes from Marlene Dietrich
Creativity takes courage. 7 thoughts from Henri Matisse
Honest conviction is my courage the Constitution is my guide. 2 sayings from Andrew Johnson
In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance. 11 other quotes from Joseph Stalin
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love. 2 other wisdom & wit from Delmore Schwartz
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. 46 wisdom & wit from George Santayana
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. 58 quotes from Thomas Carlyle
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. 14 quotes from Joseph Conrad
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. 75 other sayings from Benjamin Disraeli
Courage is found in unlikely places. 5 quotes from J. R. R. Tolkien
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. 96 sayings from Benjamin Franklin
I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself. 14 quotes from Loretta Young
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. 41 more sayings from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause. 17 more views from Plutarch
Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. 2 sayings from H. G. Bohn
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. 17 other wisdom & wit from Plutarch
Despair gives courage to a coward. 45 more sayings from Thomas Fuller
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. 26 other quotes from E. M. Forster
Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character. 14 more wisdom & wit from Loretta Young
Freedom is a system based on courage. 4 quotes from Charles Peguy
I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves. 3 more thoughts from August Strindberg
I would kiss you, had I the courage. 3 other thoughts from Edouard Manet
Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. 12 quotes from Thomas Merton
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. 3 quotes from Vittorio Alfieri
Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die. 3 other thoughts from Vittorio Alfieri
So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. 12 thoughts from Zora Neale Hurston
The more wit the less courage. 45 other views from Thomas Fuller
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. 20 other sayings from Thomas Aquinas
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage. 15 views from Moliere
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. 25 other sayings from Orison Swett Marden
There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire. 10 views from William Congreve
Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back. 12 views from Thomas a Kempis
You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence. 4 other wisdom & wit from William J. H. Boetcker
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. 20 other thoughts from William Tecumseh Sherman
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. 21 other quotes from Anais Nin
All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. 33 quotes from Erma Bombeck
Being gifted needs courage. 3 sayings from Georg Brandes
Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand? 6 sayings from Charles Lindbergh
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. 33 more wisdom & wit from Erma Bombeck
It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. 4 other views from James A. Michener
Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form. 6 thoughts from Sinclair Lewis
The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. 2 other views from Van Wyck Brooks
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. 32 sayings from Michel de Montaigne
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. 19 thoughts from Alfred North Whitehead
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. 9 quotes from John Steinbeck
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. 32 more quotes from Michel de Montaigne