“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”Thomas Paine
StruggleVictory
Courage Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · COURAGE
Courage Quotes
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.
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.”Thomas Paine
ResilienceBravery
“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”Alexander the Great
TryingPossibility
“I am not afraid; I was born to do this.”
Joan of Arc
FearlessnessPurpose
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”
Florence Nightingale
No ExcusesSuccess
“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”
Sojourner Truth
TruthMoral Courage
“Deeds, not words.”
Emmeline Pankhurst
ActionShort Quotes
“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sharing CourageFear
“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
BraveryParadox
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
Charlotte Brontë
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
Louisa May Alcott
GrowthFear
“My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”
Jane Austen
DefianceConfidence
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.”
Victor Hugo
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”Fyodor Dostoevsky
FearNew Beginnings
“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.”
Rudyard Kipling
CalmPoetry
“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
DeterminationPoetry
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”
William Ernest Henley
Self MasteryPoetry
“Under the bludgeonings of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.”
William Ernest Henley
ResiliencePoetry
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.”Maya Angelou
ResilienceStrength
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”
Langston Hughes
“The best way out is always through.”
Robert Frost
PerseveranceShort Quotes
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
Mother Teresa
InitiativeAction
“Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
FearPresent Moment
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Kahlil Gibran
SufferingStrength
“Do not be discouraged by the difficulty of a task; effort gives the power to accomplish it.”
Thiruvalluvar
EffortPerseverance