Personal Courage Quotes:

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

While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives.

- Antonio Guterres

topic: Courage, Different, Stories, Common Threads, Personal Courage

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

- Mark Twain

topic: Mastery, Absence, Peaceful Warrior, Afraid Of Life, Inspirational Adversity

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

- Aristotle

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership, Inspirational Courage, Leadership Courage

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

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Motivational, Strength, Inspiring, Courage To Change, Inspirational Courage

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

- Erica Jong

source: "The Artist as Housewife" (1972)

topic: Inspirational, Life, Success, Inspire Creativity, Gifts And Talents

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

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

- Alice Walker

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Maintaining Peace, Personal Power

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

- George S. Patton

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

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

- James Neil Hollingworth

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

Courage is not the absence of fear

- Richard Stengel

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

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

- Andre Gide

source: "The Counterfeiters". Book by Andre Gide, 1925.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Courage To Change, Times Have Changed

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

Art is a personal act of courage.

- Seth Godin

topic: Art, Acts Of Courage, Art Is, Personal Courage

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

- Helen Keller

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Journey Inspirational, I Am Strong

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

- Robert Kennedy

source: Robert F. Kennedy (1967). “To seek a newer world”, Doubleday Books

topic: Inspirational, Success, Failure, Journey To Success, Inspirational Achievement

Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Honesty, Character, Intellectual, Intellectual Honesty, Personal Courage

... it takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak.

- David Foster Wallace

source: "Infinite Jest". Book by David Foster Wallace, February 1, 1996.

topic: Weak, Infinite Jest, Personal Courage

To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the qualities of grace that come directly from a soul with stamina.

- Caroline Myss

topic: Integrity, Self Esteem, Love You, Personal Courage

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.

- Walter Lord

topic: Running, Intellectual, Premium, Physical Courage, Personal Courage

The future is like smoke from a burning forest, waiting for the wind of specific events and personal courage to blow the sparks and embers of reality this way or that.

- Dan Simmons

source: "The Rise of Endymion". Book by Dan Simmons, published by Bantam Spectra, Chapter 25 (pp. 535-536), 1997.

topic: Blow, Reality, Wind, Embers, Personal Courage

Personal courage is really a very subordinate virtue-a virtue, indeed, in which we are surpassed by the lower animals; or else you would not hear people say, as brave as a lion.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

topic: Courage, Animal, People, Personal Courage

The West - the very words go straight to that place of the heart where Americans feel the spirit of pride in their western heritage - the triumph of personal courage over any obstacle, whether nature or man.

- John Wayne

source: John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.34, Taylor Trade Publications

topic: Heart, Pride, Men, Personal Courage