Why courage matters quotes

It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. Martin, A Game of Thrones. Bennett, The Light in the Heart. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.

They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it. JoyBell C. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.

My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Unfold your own myth. True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. 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. Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

You can choose to let this thing bother you or let this be an adventure and welcome the challenge. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. 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. God is awake. It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.

Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right. There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. It takes courage…to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. I can take the next thing that comes along. It takes courage to examine your life and to decide that there are things you would like to change, and it takes even more courage to do something about it. Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier.

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. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality. The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. Keep trying and pushing and struggling, even if you don't know what your goal is or why you would want to achieve it.

Even a dead fish can go with the flow. It's courage that counts. 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.

I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.