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Read 200 of the best courage quotes about facing fear, moral courage and bravery from Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Mark Twain, C.S. Lewis, Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh and more.

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”

Walt Disney

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“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
Walt Disney
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”

Mark Twain

“I learned that courage was 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
FearBravery
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practise any other virtue consistently.”
Maya Angelou
VirtueCharacter
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
C. S. Lewis
VirtueTesting
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
Winston Churchill
VirtueCharacter

“Courage is grace under pressure.”

Ernest Hemingway

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“Courage is grace under pressure.”
Ernest Hemingway
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“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”
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
AcceptanceResilience
“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

ActionFear
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
Bruce Lee
MistakesHonesty

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

Reinhold Niebuhr

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“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

Reinhold Niebuhr

SerenityWisdom
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.”

Mignon McLaughlin

Everyday CourageResilience
“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.”
Rabindranath Tagore
FearlessnessPrayer
“Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.”
Swami Vivekananda
FearlessnessStrength
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”
Maya Angelou
HistoryHealing
“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.”

Clare Boothe Luce

VirtueShort Quotes

“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.”

John Wooden

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“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.”
John Wooden
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
Mahatma Gandhi
StrengthWillpower
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

T. S. Eliot

RiskPotential
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Lao Tzu
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

Muhammad Ali

RiskAchievement
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”

Steve Jobs

HeartIntuition

“Courage is found in unlikely places.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

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“Courage is found in unlikely places.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

Everyday CourageShort Quotes

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About Courage Quotes

Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's feeling afraid and acting anyway: speaking up for what's right, trying again after failing, following your dreams when others doubt you, or simply getting through a hard day. Some courage is loud and heroic; much of it is quiet, everyday and unseen.

This collection brings together 200 of the best courage quotes about facing fear, moral courage, bravery and resilience, from Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Mark Twain, C.S. Lewis, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and Bhagat Singh. Let them give you the strength to take your next brave step. For more, explore our [Fear Quotes](/topics/fear-quotes) and [Motivational Quotes](/topics/motivational-quotes).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Courage quotes.

What is the most famous quote about courage?

Nelson Mandela's "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it" is one of the most famous. Mark Twain's "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear" is another classic.

What is a short courage quote?

Try "Creativity takes courage," "Courage is grace under pressure," "Deeds, not words," "Feel the fear and do it anyway" or "Impossible is nothing."

What is moral courage?

Moral courage means standing up for what's right even when it's unpopular or risky. Robert F. Kennedy called it "a rarer commodity than bravery in battle," and Confucius said, "To see what is right and not do it is a want of courage."

What are some quotes about quiet, everyday courage?

Mary Anne Radmacher wrote, "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'"

What are some Indian courage quotes?

Rabindranath Tagore prayed "to be fearless" in facing dangers, Swami Vivekananda said "Strength is life, weakness is death," and Bhagat Singh declared that his oppressors "cannot kill my ideas."

Did Ralph Waldo Emerson say "What lies within us"?

The famous line "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us" is often credited to Emerson, but it was written by Henry Stanley Haskins in 1940.