Fear And Courage Quotes:

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

source: Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.3045, Library of Alexandria

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Sports, Inspirational Courage, Leadership Courage

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

source: Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage, Inspirational Courage, Inspirational Military

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Powerful, Deepest Fear, Our Deepest Fear, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

- Maya Angelou

source: USA Today, March 5, 1988.

topic: Courage, Practice, Bravery, Merciful God, Be Courageous

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

- Orison Swett Marden

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Inspirational Courage, Fear And Courage

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

- John Wayne

topic: Courage, Veterans Day, Military, Being Scared, Special Needs

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Life, Fear, Secret Life, Worst Fear

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

- George S. Patton

topic: Courage, Veterans Day, Fear, Inspirational Courage, Military General

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

- Clare Boothe Luce

source: "Clare Boothe Luce". Reader's Digest, May 1979.

topic: Life, Motivational, Courage, Leadership Courage, Be Courageous

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

- John F. Kennedy

source: John F. Kennedy's Speech at the Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 17, 1960.

topic: Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball, Inspirational Courage, Inspiring Presidential

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Courage, Fear, Patriotic, Be Courageous, Words Of Courage

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

- Anais Nin

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Inspiring, Time To Move On, Inspirational Adventure Time

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

- Soren Kierkegaard

topic: Life, Success, Courage, Taking Risks, Daring To Be Great

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

- John F. Kennedy

topic: Life, Courage, Bravery, Cuban Missile Crisis, Fear And Courage

First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

topic: Fear, Patriotic, History, Inaugural Address, Inaugural Speech

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

topic: Love, Life, Encouragement, Quaker, Criticise

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

- Rudyard Kipling

topic: Inspirational, Fear, Liars, Fear And Courage

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

- Laozi

topic: Love, Relationship, Positive, Touch Someone, Courage To Change

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Inspiring, Confidence, Children, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

- Marianne Williamson

source: A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Encouraging, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man.

- Pat Paulsen

topic: Fear, Breast Cancer, Men, Inaugural Speech, Sound Bites

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

- Dorothy Thompson

topic: Love, Inspirational, Motivational, Irrational Fear, Have No Fear

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Success, Inspiring Leader, Leadership And Management

It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...

- Theodore Roosevelt

source: Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

topic: Men, Arena, Credit, Strong Man, Putting Yourself Out There

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, God, Inspirational Courage, No Patience

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that

- James Neil Hollingworth

topic: Courage, Judgement, Absence, Peaceful Warrior, Afraid Of Life

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

- Coco Chanel

topic: Strength, Inspiring, Fashion, Self Determination, Empowering Women

Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Running, Long, Easier, Leadership Courage, Strength Of Will

Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point.

- Lynn G. Robbins

topic: Virtue, Form, Testing, Inspirational Courage, Leadership Courage

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

- Aristotle

topic: Inspirational, Encouraging, Confidence, Leadership Courage, Moral Excellence

Courage is not the absence of fear

- Richard Stengel

topic: Absence, Peaceful Warrior, Afraid Of Life, Inspirational Courage, Inspirational Recovery

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

- Mary Tyler Moore

topic: Positive, Happiness, Meaningful, Physical Pain, Pain And Suffering

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

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring, Inspirational Courage, Merciful God

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

- C. S. Lewis

topic: Courage, Army, Bravery, Inspirational Courage, Leadership Courage

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

- Billy Graham

topic: Motivational, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Inspirational Courage, Memorial Day Heroes

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Love, Inspirational, Motivational, Memorial Day Heroes, Being A Hero

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Good Morning, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Confidence

Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid

- Robert Liparulo

topic: Bravery, Absence, Forging Ahead, Living In Fear, Fears Of Life

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

source: "To Kill a Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, community.sparknotes.com. July 11, 1960.

topic: Inspirational, Courage, Perseverance, Jem And Scout, Kill A Mockingbird Memorable

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

- Arthur Koestler

source: Arthur Koestler (1952). “Arrow in the blue: an autobiography”

topic: Courage, Business, Thought Provoking, Inspirational Courage, Be Courageous

When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Looks, Able, Next, Empowering Women, Inspirational Adversity

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

- Vincent Van Gogh

source: Vincent van Gogh, Vincent Willem Gogh (1927). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...”

topic: Being Strong, Confidence, Courage, Failure In Life, Taking Risks

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

- Nora Ephron

source: FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jun 26, 2012

topic: Life, Inspiring, Encouraging, Self Determination, Powerful Women

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Life, Happiness, Inspiring, Courage To Change, Inspiration To Others

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Fear, Make Up Your Mind, Fear Of Love