173 Courage Quotes to Instill Confidence (BRAVERY)

40 of the Best Quotes About Being Courageous

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'”
Eleanor Roosevelt

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. - Harry Hoover — If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. – Harry Hoover

You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both. - Brene Brown — You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both. – **Brene Brown**

You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. - Mary Tyler Moore — You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. – **Mary Tyler Moore**

Courage is the secret sauce that allows you to act despite your fears. - Narayan Kamath — Courage is the secret sauce that allows you to act despite your fears. – Narayan Kamath

Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid. - Franklin P. Jones — **Bravery** is being the only one who knows you’re afraid. – Franklin P. Jones

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit. - Baltasar Gracian — Without courage, **wisdom** bears no fruit. – **Baltasar Gracian**

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. - T.S. Eliot — Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – **T.S. Eliot**

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success. - Johann Wolfang von Goethe — Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success. – Johann Wolfang von Goethe

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
Steve Jobs

Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. - P.T. Barnum — Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. – P.T. Barnum

Courage: The ability to do something that frightens us, but is likely to be of benefit. - John Soforic — Courage: The ability to do something that frightens us, but is likely to be of benefit. – John Soforic

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. - Erica Jong — I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. – **Erica Jong**

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflections. - Thomas Paine — I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflections. – Thomas Paine

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. - T.S. Eliot — You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. – T.S. Eliot

Where your fear is, there is your task. - Carl Jung — Where your fear is, there is your task. – Carl Jung

Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever. - Lana Del Rey — Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever. – **Lana Del Rey**

The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better - Stephen King — The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better – **Stephen King**

Courage is the only virtue you can’t fake. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb — Courage is the only virtue you can’t fake. – **Nassim Nicholas Taleb**

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. - Andre Gide — Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. – **Andre Gide**

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? - Vincent van Gogh — What would **life** be if we had no courage to attempt anything? – **Vincent van Gogh**

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. - Seneca — There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. – **Seneca**

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. - E.E. Cummings — It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. – **E.E. Cummings**

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. - Winston Churchill — Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. – **Winston Churchill**

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - T.S. Eliot — Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. – T.S. Eliot

Fight hard when you are down; die hard—determine at least to do—and you won’t die at all. - James H. West — Fight hard when you are down; die hard—determine at least to do—and you won’t die at all. – James H. West

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. - Helen Keller — Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. – **Helen Keller**

The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost — The best way out is always through. – **Robert Frost**

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. - Muhammad Ali — He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. – **Muhammad Ali**

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”
Maya Angelou

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both. - St. Catherine of Siena — To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both. – St. Catherine of Siena

What is to give light must endure burning. - Viktor E. Frankl — What is to give light must endure burning. – **Viktor E. Frankl**

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. - Horace — It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. – **Horace**

You can choose to let this thing bother you or let this be an adventure and welcome the challenge. - Fred Rogers — You can choose to let this thing bother you or let this be an **adventure** and welcome the challenge. – **Fred Rogers**

Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway. - John Wayne — Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway. – John Wayne

A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. - Tao Te Ching — A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. – Tao Te Ching

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. - Steve Jobs — Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. – Steve Jobs

33 Courage Quotes to Inspire You to Live the Life You Were Meant to Live

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint on the clouds of doubt,
And you can never tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar.
So, stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things go wrong that you mustn’t quit.”
John Greenleaf Whittier

Don't get discouraged; it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. — Don’t get discouraged; it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin — Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – **Anais Nin**

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength. - Napoléon Bonaparte — Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength. – **Napoléon Bonaparte**

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. - Christopher Reeve — So many of our **dreams** at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. – Christopher Reeve

Nobody learns what he can do except by trying. - Seneca — Nobody learns what he can do except by trying. – Seneca

I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it. - Erica Jong — I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it. – **Erica Jong**

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you’re not willing to risk, you cannot grow. If you cannot grow, you cannot be your best. If you cannot be your best, you cannot be happy. If you cannot be happy, what else is there?”
Les Brown

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. - John A. Shedd — A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. – John A. Shedd

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. - Nora Ephron — Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. – Nora Ephron

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. - J.K. Rowling — It takes a great deal of **bravery** to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. – **J.K. Rowling**

I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. - G.K. Chesterton — I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. – **G.K. Chesterton**

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu — Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. – **Lao Tzu**

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate. - Donald Trump — What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate. – **Donald Trump**

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. - bertrand Russell — Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. – **Bertrand Russell**

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. - George Sheehan — **Success** means having the courage, the **determination**, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. – George Sheehan

To overcome fear, here’s all you have to do - realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway. - Peter McWilliams — To overcome fear, here’s all you have to do – realize the fear is there, and do the **action** you fear anyway. – Peter McWilliams

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. - Marie Curie — Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. – **Marie Curie**

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. - Charles Dubois — The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. – Charles Dubois

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”
Steve Jobs

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. - James Stephens — Curiosity will conquer fear even more than **bravery** will. – James Stephens

The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. - R.G. Ingersoll — The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. – **R.G. Ingersoll**

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. - Jonas Salk — **Hope** lies in **dreams**, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. – **Jonas Salk**

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. - Dale Carnegie — Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no **hope** at all. – **Dale Carnegie**

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen. - Brené Brown — Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen. – Brené Brown

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.”
Orison Swett Marden

Do you have the courage to act outwardly on what you see inwardly? - T.D. Jakes — Do you have the courage to act outwardly on what you see inwardly? – T.D. Jakes

If you're going through hell, keep going. — If you’re going through hell, keep going. – **Winston Churchill**

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill — Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy. - Admiral Horatio Nelson — No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy. – Admiral Horatio Nelson

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. - Karl von Clausewitz — Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. – Karl von Clausewitz

57 Motivational Quotes to Help You be More Courageous in Times of Need

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. - Aristotle — Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. – **Aristotle**

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. - Jim Hightower — The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. – Jim Hightower

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. - Benjamin Franklin — How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. – **Benjamin Franklin**

Courage is the hallmark of spirituality. Courage comes when you love yourself for who you are. - Amit Ray — Courage is the hallmark of spirituality. Courage comes when you love yourself for who you are. – Amit Ray

To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage. - Henri Matisse — To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage. – Henri Matisse

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. - Bruce Lee — Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. – **Bruce Lee**

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. - Daniel J. Boorstin — The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. – **Daniel J. Boorstin**

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. - Chester W. Nimitz — God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. – Chester W. Nimitz

Courage is knowing what not to fear. - Plato — Courage is knowing what not to fear. – **Plato**

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. - Martin Luther King. Jr. — We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. – **Martin Luther King. Jr.**

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.”
Alan Cohen

Courage means doing what’s right no matter what they say. - Maxime Lagacé — Courage means doing what’s right no matter what they say. – Maxime Lagacé

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. - EM Forster — Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. – EM Forster

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. - David Letterman — There’s only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. – David Letterman

Choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid. At the exact same time. - Brené Brown — Choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid. At the exact same time. – Brené Brown

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage. - Brené Brown — **Vulnerability** is our most accurate measurement of courage. – Brené Brown

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you. - Jenna Jameson — My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you. – Jenna Jameson

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. - Earl Nightingale — All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. – **Earl Nightingale**

To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them. - Picabo Street — To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them. – Picabo Street

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. — Inaction breeds doubt and fear. **Action** breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – Dale Carnegie

Courage is a love affair with the unknown. - Osho — Courage is a love affair with the unknown. – **Osho**

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. - Abraham Lincoln — Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. – **Abraham Lincoln**

Courage is found in unlikely places. - JRR Tolkien — Courage is found in unlikely places. – **JRR Tolkien**

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. - Rumi — Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. – **Rumi**

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. - Mickey Mantle — A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. – **Mickey Mantle**

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar. - Erica Jong — Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar. – **Erica Jong**

Start living in discomfort. Gradually increase it little by little, and you will steadily grow. If you want sudden growth, deluge yourself in great discomfort and do not retreat from it. The more discomfort you are willing to bear, the more you can grow.”
The Ancient Sage

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. - Gilbert K. Chesterton — Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. - Erich Fromm — Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. – Erich Fromm

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. - Catherine The Great — I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. – Catherine The Great

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. - Billy Graham — Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. – **Billy Graham**

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. - Hermann Hesse — People with courage and **character** always seem sinister to the rest. – Hermann Hesse

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. - Albert Einstein — Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. – **Albert Einstein**

Will you dare to try and learn and grow? Or will you allow fear to take over? Life happens in the river, not on the shore. - Maxime Lagacé — Will you dare to try and learn and grow? Or will you allow fear to take over? Life happens in the river, not on the shore. – Maxime Lagacé

Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor – the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.”
Brené Brown

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. - Alfred North Whitehead — True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. – Alfred North Whitehead

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. - Eleanor Roosevelt — 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. – **Eleanor Roosevelt**

Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage. - Anne Frank — Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage. – **Anne Frank**

It’s better to cross the line and suffer the consequences than to just stare at the line for the rest of your life. - Paulo Coelho — It’s better to cross the line and suffer the consequences than to just stare at the line for the rest of your life. – **Paulo Coelho**

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. - Harry S. Truman — America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. – Harry S. Truman

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. - Miguel de Cervantes — He who loses **wealth** loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. – Miguel de Cervantes

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. - Giacomo Casanova — It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. – Giacomo Casanova

Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?”
Marcus Aurelius

Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life. - Pema Chödrön — Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life. – **Pema Chödrön**

I told myself, 'Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don’t be afraid — if you are afraid, you can’t move forward.' - Malala Yousafzai — I told myself, ‘Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don’t be afraid — if you are afraid, you can’t move forward.’ – **Malala Yousafzai**

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience. - James Freeman Clarke — Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience. – James Freeman Clarke

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed. - Dale Carnegie — Most of us have far more courage than we ever **dreamed** we possessed. – Dale Carnegie

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. - Margaret Mitchell — With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. – Margaret Mitchell

My courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?' - Lady Gaga — My courage and my **bravery** at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‘Who do you think you are?’ – **Lady Gaga**

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. - Confucius — Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. – **Confucius**

It requires more courage to suffer than to die. - Napoleon Bonaparte — It requires more courage to suffer than to die. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. - Rabindranath Tagore — Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. – Rabindranath Tagore

He who is brave is free. - Seneca — He who is brave is free. – Seneca

It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we’re wrong is courage, not weakness. - Roy T. Bennett — It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we’re wrong is courage, not weakness. – **Roy T. Bennett**

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die. - Les Brown — A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their **dreams** because they are afraid to die. – **Les Brown**

43 Courageous Quotes to Help You Face Your Deepest Fears

Courage is not something that you already have that makes you brave when the tough times start. Courage is what you earn when you’ve been through the tough times and you discover they aren’t so tough after all.”
Malcolm Gladwell

Have the courage to act instead of react. - Oliver Wendell Holmes — Have the courage to act instead of react. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. - Nelson Mandela — Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. – **Nelson Mandela**

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. - Mahatma Gandhi — A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. - Erica Jong — Everyone has **talent**. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. – **Erica Jong**

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body. - Ovid — Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body. – **Ovid**

Life is not about living the safer option. Life is about living a life worth living. - Robert Thier — Life is not about living the safer option. Life is about living a life worth living. – Robert Thier

The only alternative to a shuddering paralysis is to leap into action regardless of the consequences. - Alan Watts — The only alternative to a shuddering paralysis is to leap into **action** regardless of the consequences. – **Alan Watts**

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right. - Ronald Reagan — There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right. – **Ronald Reagan**

Many people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty. Don’t do it. Uncertainty is where new happens. It trades the reassuring comfort of certainty for a shifting, delicate, and fragile balancing act of propositions. Uncertainty is a license to explore.”
Thibaut

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. - Socrates — He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. – **Socrates**

Have the courage to be who you are, not what people expect you to be. - David Goggins — Have the courage to be who you are, not what people expect you to be. – **David Goggins**

You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward. - Roy T. Bennett — You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward. – **Roy T. Bennett**

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
Ann Landers

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. - Dorothy Thompson — Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. – Dorothy Thompson

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. - Theodore Roosevelt — It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. – **Theodore Roosevelt**

We ought to face our destiny with courage. - Friedrich Nietzsche — We ought to face our destiny with courage. – **Friedrich Nietzsche**

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your action will be. - Dalai Lama — The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your **action** will be. – **Dalai Lama**

Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment. - Napoleon Bonaparte — Courage is like love, it must have **hope** for nourishment. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it. - Timothy Dalton — Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it. – Timothy Dalton

The hard choices – what we most fear doing, asking, saying – these are very often exactly what we most need to do. - Tim Ferriss — The hard choices – what we most fear doing, asking, saying – these are very often exactly what we most need to do. – **Tim Ferriss**

If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality. - Dr Roopleen — If you have a **dream**, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality. – Dr Roopleen

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life. - Zig Ziglar — Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life. – **Zig Ziglar**

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. - Thomas Aquinas — The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. – **Thomas Aquinas**

If you want to get an idea of a friend’s temperament, ethics, and personal elegance, you need to look at him under the tests of severe circumstances, not under the regular rosy glow of daily life.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Let go of your need for comfort and security. Creative endeavors are by their nature uncertain. - Robert Greene — Let go of your need for comfort and security. Creative endeavors are by their **nature** uncertain. – **Robert Greene**

Think of yourself as an explorer. You cannot find anything new if you are unwilling to leave the shore. - Robert Greene — Think of yourself as an explorer. You cannot find anything new if you are unwilling to leave the shore. – Robert Greene

In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential. - Suze Orman — In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential. – Suze Orman

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. - Ruth Gordon — Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. – Ruth Gordon

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. - Pericles — **Freedom** is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. – Pericles

Don’t avoid something frightening if it stands in your way. - Jordan Peterson — Don’t avoid something frightening if it stands in your way. – **Jordan Peterson**

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. - Xiaolu Guo — It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. – Xiaolu Guo

Courage is risking the known for the unknown, the familiar for the unfamiliar. - Osho — Courage is risking the known for the unknown, the familiar for the unfamiliar. – **Osho**

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid. - Frederick Buechner — Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. – Frederick Buechner

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground. - Rosa Parks — Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground. – **Rosa Parks**

It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. - Pablo Casals — It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. – Pablo Casals

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch. - Jean-Luc Godard — He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch. – Jean-Luc Godard

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. - Plutarch — Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. – **Plutarch**

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. - Nelson Mandela — I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. – Nelson Mandela

It does not take courage to kill. It takes courage to live. - Renee Ahdieh — It does not take courage to kill. It takes courage to live. – Renee Ahdieh

Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. - Napoleon Bonaparte — Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. – Napoleon Bonaparte

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity. - Mark Twain — With courage you will dare to take risks, **have the strength to be compassionate**, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity. – Mark Twain

Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you. - Bethany Hamilton — Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you. – Bethany Hamilton

People are weak because when challenged, they opt for the path of least resistance. Taking the path of least resistance makes them weaker still and thus more likely to opt for the path of least resistance again in the future. It’s a deadly cycle.”
Zuby

Conclusion

I used to envy courageous people because I thought they have the superhuman ability to be unafraid but the truth is, courageous people are afraid of many things too…the only difference is they act in spite of their fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Courage is not a talent (either you’re born with or you don’t).

It is a virtue that is available to all mankind. From the king on the throne to the farmers in the field.

We will still be afraid of certain things but the truth is we have the ability within us to break free of our fears.

The opposite of courage is not fear; it is indecisiveness.

I learned that the easiest way to have more courage is to simply acknowledge my fear and make a firm decision to not let it rule me.

Sometimes it takes longer but most of the time, it took me less than 5 minutes to make a bold decision.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Further reading on courage:

Why Courage Is More Important Than Confidence – Medium
Why it is so Important to Have Courage – Box of Crayons
9 Ways to Become More Courageous – Art of Manliness

Here are the best courage quotes so you can live a courageous life – a life you were meant to live – by not allowing fear to dictate your destiny.

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**The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness**

Also read:

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Conclusion

125 Albert Einstein Quotes for Deep Thinking (GENIUS)

61 Inspiring Napoléon Bonaparte Quotes (LEADERSHIP)