599 private quotes tagged courage

“A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.”— Sydney Smith

“The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.”— Thucydides

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

“We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.”— Maxwell Maltz

“The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.”— Paul Tillich

“Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.”— Joseph Smith, Jr.

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

“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”— William Tecumseh Sherman

“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”— John Irving

“Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.”— Rollo May

“Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.”— Dan Rather

“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.”— Thomas Szasz

“People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.”— Hermann Hesse

“The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.”— Carl Lewis

“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”— Anais Nin

“Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.”— Denis Waitley

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”— Orison Swett Marden

“He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.”— B. C. Forbes

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.”— Michelle Obama

“The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.”— Thomas S. Monson

“Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.”— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.”— Marilyn Monroe

“True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.”— Norman Schwarzkopf

“It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.”— Erma Bombeck

“Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.”— Billy Graham