Please enjoy these courage quotes. I hope you’ll find the strength to overcome the challenges you’re facing today. And remember: you can do more than you think. Keep going!
I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. Erica Jong
Where your fear is, there is your task. Carl Jung
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it. Erica Jong
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. G.K. Chesterton
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill
The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your action will be. Dalai Lama
Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground. Rosa Parks
The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. Charles DuBois
Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen. Brené Brown
See also: encouraging quotes, confidence quotes, strength quotes
The Best Courage Quotes
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar. Erica Jong
Do yo have the courage to act outwardly on what you see inwardly. T.D. Jakes
Amateurs are scared – scared to be vulnerable and honest with themselves. Professionals feel like they are capable of handling almost anything. Shane Parrish (fs.blog)
Lean into (not away from) what’s making you uncomfortable. Shane Parrish
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
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
I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time. Brené Brown
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
Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life. Pema Chödrön
Accept in an unruffled spirit that which is inevitable. Seneca
Don’t avoid something frightening if it stands in your way. Jordan Peterson
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. Rabindranath Tagore
The best way to neutralize our natural impatience is to cultivate a kind of pleasure in pain – like an athlete, you come to enjoy rigorous practice, pushing past your limits, and resisting the easy way out. Robert Greene
The only alternative to a shuddering paralysis is to leap into action regardless of the consequences. Alan Watts
Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Having lived the life I’ve lived, and having seen the other side, not being afraid to attack what was in front of me, has made me happy. David Goggins
Have the courage to be who you are, not what people expect you to be. David Goggins
I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. Catherine the Great
The hard choices – what we most fear doing, asking, saying – these are very often exactly what we most need to do. Tim Ferriss
Think of yourself as an explorer. You cannot find anything new if you are unwilling to leave the shore. Robert Greene
Understand: we are all too afraid – of offending people, of stirring up conflict, of standing out from the crowd, of taking bold action. Robert Greene
You can choose to let this thing bother you or let this be an adventure and welcome the challenge. Fred Rogers
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
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. Jim Hightower
Our fear of messing up should give way to the only real danger there is, that of never trying. Alain de Botton
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. Franklin D. Roosevelt
To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. Jordan Peterson (This is one of my favorite courage quote. Leave a reply here and let me know what’s yours!)
See also: the best quotes of all time
What Is Courage?
Courage is a love affair with the unknown. Osho
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Raymond Lindquist
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 (I Thought It Was Just Me)
Courage is seeing that comfort will make you weak. Maxime Lagacé
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. Clare Boothe Luce
Courage is risking the known for the unknown, the familiar for the unfamiliar. Osho
Part 2. Courage Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Courage Quotes (Mandela, JFK, Seneca, etc.)
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. Mark Twain
Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anaïs Nin
Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Mahatma Gandhi
Too many men are afraid of being fools. Henry Ford
We ought to face our destiny with courage. Friedrich Nietzsche
No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone. Friedrich Nietzsche
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Michel de Montaigne
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Have the courage to follow your own heart and intuition. Steve Jobs
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Muhammad Ali
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. Fyodor Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment)
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. Nelson Mandela
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events. Marie Curie
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F. Kennedy
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit. J.R.R. Tolkien
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. John Wayne
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent van Gogh
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Courage, dear heart. C.S. Lewis (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
Freedom lies in bold action. Robert Frost
Choose courage over comfort. Brené Brown (Dare to Lead)
A king is one who fears nothing. Seneca
The scared freeze. The brave try. Maxime Lagacé
All serious daring starts from within. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is the only virtue you can’t fake. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. Winston Churchill
What is to give light must endure burning. Viktor E. Frankl
No man is defeated unless he is discouraged. Bruce Lee
Nobody learns what he can do except by trying. Seneca
Getting over yourself offers exponential returns. Shane Parrish
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. Bernadette Devlin
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E. M. Forster
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Erich Fromm
Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage. Brené Brown
It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you. David Goggins (Can’t Hurt Me)
Don’t let not knowing how it will end keep you from starting. Bob Goff
Choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid. At the exact same time. Brené Brown (Dare to Lead)
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Inspirational And Motivational Courage Quotes
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed. Dale Carnegie
No one knows what he can do till he tries. Publius Syrus
My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action. Wim Wenders
Self-knowledge leads to purpose. Purpose leads to motivation. Motivation leads to action. Taking action is brave. Maxime Lagacé
While you don’t control the outcome, you do control the effort. Shane Parrish
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. Charles Swindoll
Be bold. Be courageous. Never be afraid to speak up and speak out. John Lewis
Change is often a silent inside job that requires patience and courage. Courage to be your self. Courage to resist negativity. Courage to go beyond your boundaries. Courage to take responsibility for your own life. Gordana Biernat
A savage mindset is a conditioned mindset that knows quitting is not part of the plan. It knows that it has to find a way around any and all obstacles to complete the mission. Stay hard! David Goggins
If you want to be one of the few to defy those trends in our ever-softening society, you will have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity, which requires an open mind. David Goggins (Can’t Hurt Me)
Don’t limit expectations of yourself and settle for anything less than what you are truly capable of achieving. David Goggins
To improve at something, consistently put yourself in an uncomfortable place. Start a startup, train for a marathon, or commit to writing every day. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Sahil Lavingia
Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to chose the wisest thing and once you’ve chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it. Maya Angelou
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
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
The sun will stand as your best man and whistle, when you have found the courage to marry forgiveness, when you have found the courage to marry love. Hafez
“Brave” is the only thing that I ask myself to be. Brave to write, to love, to face criticism, to live according my own rules. Paulo Coelho
There is nothing more useful in combating the tragedy of life than to struggle with all your soul on behalf of the good. Jordan Peterson
People have this capacity within them to set the world straight. Jordan Peterson
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Funny Courage Quotes
If you’re not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback. Brené Brown
The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor. Benjamin Franklin
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 (David and Goliath)
Remember, you can’t steal second if you don’t take your foot off first. Mike Todd
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Deep Courage Quotes
Trying to run away is never the answer to being fully human. Pema Chödrön
Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. Erica Jong
Only those who can accept their own annihilation can have the courage to be true individuals. Alan Watts
The stronger your principles and values, the more you’re willing to die for them. Maxime Lagacé
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. G.K. Chesterton
Free people can speak freely. If you fear to speak, you aren’t free. The Stoic Emperor
Your fear of looking stupid is holding you back. Justin Perry
One who asks fearfully teaches us to say no. Seneca
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Delmore Schwartz
The traits I respect are erudition and the courage to stand up when half-men are afraid for their reputation. Any idiot can be intelligent. Nassim Nicholas Taleb (The Bed of Procrustes)
The frontier is the edge between what you know and what you don’t know. You want to put yourself on that edge. Jordan Peterson
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
Most of us have two lives: the life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. Steven Pressfield
The pain of trying and failing is intense and over rather quickly. The pain of failing to try, on the other hand, is less intense but never really goes away. Shane Parrish
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. Søren Kierkegaard
Bliss is the outcome of fearlessness. Fear is death, fearless is eternal life. Osho
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Wise Courage Quotes (Words Of Wisdom)
There is only the trying. The rest is not our business. T. S. Eliot
Necessity makes even the timid brave. Sallust
The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort. Pema Chödrön
The average man lets fear take over. The wise man feels the fear and do it anyway. The average man has regrets. The wise man none. Maxime Lagacé
Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child. Soyen Shaku
Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled; and by doing brave acts, we become brave. Aristotle
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
It certainly takes bravery to remain skeptical; it takes inordinate courage to introspect, to confront oneself, to accept one’s limitations – Scientists are seeing more and more evidence that we are specifically designed by mother nature to fool ourselves. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The paradox of learning is that to get better, you need to go outside your comfort zone, and thus feel worse. The people who grow continuously, thus feel consistently over their heads. Scott Young
Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; it’s choosing what’s right over what’s fun, fast, or easy; and it’s practicing your values, not just professing them. Brené Brown (Dare to Lead)
The only way to solve a problem is to go through it rather than around it. Bill Bradley
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it. Simone de Beauvoir
Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius. Peter Thiel
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit. Baltasar Gracián
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world. Helen Keller
More words of wisdom
Part 3. Courage Quotes About…
Courage Quotes About Fear
Fear of failure is the saddest reason on earth not to do what you were meant to do. J.K. Rowling
If you try to avoid risk, you’re actually risking total failure. Or worse: mediocrity. Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn)
Fear is a gift. Fear is useful. It screams that it’s time to act. Maxime Lagacé
We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate. Erica Jong
I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. Erica Jong
Everyone is afraid – even those who frighten us. Alain de Botton
And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear. Paulo Coelho (The Spy)
You can’t get to courage without rumbling with vulnerability. Embrace the suck. Brené Brown (Dare to Lead)
Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it. Osho
Deceivers exploit fear and desire. A fearless contented person is very hard to fool. The Stoic Emperor
You can’t do anything as long as you are afraid of what might happen. No matter what the problem is, we must muster up the courage to face it. Iyanla Vanzant
If you’re afraid to do something in a social setting, it is because you are more invested in someone else’s opinion of you than you are in your own opinion of yourself. Luca Dellanna
Don’t be afraid to admit the answer is “I don’t know” – you will be respected more for it. Justin Kan
You’re only born with two fears: falling and loud noises. The rest of your fears are learned. Unlearn the ones that don’t serve you. Nick Cownie
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
Let go of your need for comfort and security. Creative endeavors are by their nature uncertain. Robert Greene
We need to get rid of the fear and guilt we might have for asserting ourselves. It serves no purpose except to keep us down. Robert Greene
Do not be afraid of change or chaos. Embrace it by being as fluid as possible. Robert Greene
Don’t let a little uncertainty talk you out of who you’re becoming. Bob Goff
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. Dorothy Thompson
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Courage Quotes About Confidence, Strength, Determination
Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader. Toni Morrison
Endure the heavy burdens, and you will the more easily carry the lighter. Publius Syrus
The more courageous acts you make, the more you realize the impact you can have, the stronger you get. Maxime Lagacé
Our lack of confidence is not the result of difficulty. The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence. Seneca
Confidence begins with a capacity to forgive oneself for the horrors of the first go. Alain de Botton
Confidence is a skill, not a gift from the gods. Alain de Botton
A courageous man is not only one who conquers his enemies but also one who is superior to pleasures. Democritus
Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart. Rumi
You can’t keep kids safe. The best thing that you can do is make them able and courageous. Jordan Peterson
Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism. Brené Brown
Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up. Brené Brown
It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post. Marcus Tullius Cicero
I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim. Jack Kerouac (Desolation Angels)
It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. E.E. Cummings
Success is based off of your willingness to work your ass off no matter what obstacles are in your way. David Goggins
If you’re going to dare greatly, you’re going to get your ass kicked at some point. If you choose courage, you will absolutely know failure, disappointment, setback, even heartbreak. That’s why we call it courage. That’s why it’s so rare. Brené Brown (Dare to Lead)
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. Eleanor Roosevelt
I say to the young: “Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Exhibit remarkable confidence and people will think your confidence comes from real knowledge. You will create a self-fulfilling prophecy: people’s belief in you will translate into actions that help realize your visions. Robert Greene
By acting regally and confident of your powers, you make yourself seem destined to wear a crown. Robert Greene
What matters most is not what the obstacles are but how we see them, how we react to them, and whether we keep our composure. Ryan Holiday
We all know fear. But passion makes us fearless. Paulo Coelho
See also: stoic quotes, success quotes
See also: Confidence (YouTube video by The School of Life)
Courage Quotes About Life, Love
Face the demands of life voluntarily. Respond to a challenge, instead of bracing for catastrophe. Jordan Peterson
To me, a man is someone who is brave enough to love, and let himself be loved. Louis Sachar
It is by practicing vulnerability of the heart that we discover courage. Chögyam Trungpa
Do you want fear to lead your life or love? Do you want regrets or fulfillment? Maxime Lagacé
To succeed in following your dreams, you must have the courage to be hated. Paulo Coelho
Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love. Paulo Coelho
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. Thucydides
Courage is contagious. A critical mass of brave leaders is the foundation of an intentionally courageous culture. Every time we are brave with our lives, we make the people around us a little braver and our organizations bolder and stronger. Brené Brown
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy – the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light. Brené Brown
It takes courage to accept life fully, to say yes to our life, yes to our karma, yes to our mind, emotions and whatever else unfolds. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
You are never so alive as when learning something new and overcoming adversity. Bruce Dickinson
The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for. Tim Ferriss
Experience life in all possible ways – good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don’t be afraid of experience, because the more experience you have, the more mature you become. Osho
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. Theodore H. White
Courage means being able to do something new. It also means taking steps to “be” someone new. Iyanla Vanzant
See also: dreams quotes, patience quotes
See also: 10 Courageous Ways to Live Life Without Regrets (marcandangel.com)
Courage Quotes About Faith, Hope
Be not afraid, only believe. Mark 5:36
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13
All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think. C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
The coward lies and protects himself. The courageous man tells the truth and do the right things. Maxime Lagacé
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. Lin Yutang
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering, ‘I will try again tomorrow’. Mary Anne Radmacher
If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream. Martin Luther King Jr
Cultivate a fearless approach to life, attack everything with boldness and energy. Robert Greene
You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear. Robert Greene
How much you truly “believe” in something can be manifested only through what you are willing to risk for it. Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Skin in the Game)
Life has many ways of testing a person’s will – either by having nothing happen at all, or by having everything happen at once. Paulo Coelho (The Winner Stands Alone)
When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision. Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
Optimists win in the long-run because their miscalculation of how long it will take or how likely it is to succeed motivates them to give it a try. If you knew how hard it would be and how long it would take in the beginning then you might not try in the first place. James Clear
Hope is what led me here today – with a father from Kenya, a mother from Kansas; and a story that could only happen in the United States of America. Hope is the bedrock of this nation; the belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us; by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is; who have courage to remake the world as it should be. Barack Obama
Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again. Anne Frank (The Diary of a Young Girl)
Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery. Anne Frank
More hope quotes
See also: Keep Going (YouTube video by The School of Life)
Part 4. Conclusion
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is your favorite courage quote? Would you like to add another one here? Please let me know in the comment section below!
Call to action: Watch How To Be Confident (YouTube video by The School of Life)
Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 10 Images
Best Courage Quotes
What Is Courage?
Part 2
Courage Quotes That ARE
Famous
Short
Inspirational
Funny
Deep
Wise
Part 3
Courage Quotes ABOUT
Fear
Confidence
Life, Love
Faith
Part 4
Conclusion