In a world that often demands great resilience, courage becomes our steadfast companion. It is the force that propels us forward, even when the path ahead seems uncertain.
Today, we invite you to join us on a journey through 82 quotes that celebrate the indomitable spirit of courage.
These words, penned by visionaries, leaders, and ordinary individuals who have faced extraordinary circumstances, serve as a source of inspiration and a reminder of the incredible strength that resides within each of us. Whether you’re seeking motivation to take that bold step, or simply a dose of encouragement, these quotes are here to uplift and empower.
So, let’s embark on this exploration of courage together. May these quotes serve as a beacon of light, guiding you through whatever challenges you may encounter.
- Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen. Brené Brown
- Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. Mark Twain
- Courage is a love affair with the unknown. Osho
- Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill
- Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Raymond Lindquist
- Courage is the only virtue you can’t fake. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
- Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. John Wayne
- No man is defeated unless he is discouraged. Bruce Lee
- Nobody learns what he can do except by trying. Seneca
- Don’t limit expectations of yourself and settle for anything less than what you are truly capable of achieving. David Goggins
- I won’t be intimidated, and I won’t be silenced. Meena Harris
- Too many men are afraid of being fools. Henry Ford
- Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. Erica Jong
- Freedom lies in bold action. Robert Frost
- Getting over yourself offers exponential returns. Shane Parrish
- Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to chose the wisest thing and once you’ve chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it. Maya Angelou
- “Brave” is the only thing that I ask myself to be. Brave to write, to love, to face criticism, to live according my own rules. Paulo Coelho
- Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E. M. Forster
- There is nothing more useful in combating the tragedy of life than to struggle with all your soul on behalf of the good. Jordan Peterson
- People have this capacity within them to set the world straight. Jordan Peterson
- Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Erich Fromm
- There is only the trying. The rest is not our business. T. S. Eliot
- No one knows what he can do till he tries. Publius Syrus
- Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed. Dale Carnegie
- My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. Jane Austen
- Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action. Wim Wenders
- Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. Winston Churchill
- Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage. Brené Brown
- Choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid. At the exact same time. Brené Brown
- It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you. David Goggins
- Don’t let not knowing how it will end keep you from starting. Bob Goff
- Choose courage over comfort. Brené Brown
- All serious daring starts from within. Harriet Beecher Stowe
- While you don’t control the outcome, you do control the effort. Shane Parrish
- We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. Charles Swindoll
- Be bold. Be courageous. Never be afraid to speak up and speak out. John Lewis
- Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt
- A king is one who fears nothing. Seneca
- Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin
- We ought to face our destiny with courage. Friedrich Nietzsche
- Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anaïs Nin
- Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Have the courage to follow your own heart and intuition. Steve Jobs
- Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F. Kennedy
- Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr
- I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. Nelson Mandela
- Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. Dwayne Johnson
- No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone. Friedrich Nietzsche
- The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Michel de Montaigne
- A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Mahatma Gandhi
- What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent van Gogh
- Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar. Erica Jong
- Accept in an unruffled spirit that which is inevitable. Seneca
- If you’re not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback. Brené Brown
- Understand: we are all too afraid – of offending people, of stirring up conflict, of standing out from the crowd, of taking bold action. Robert Greene
- It’s better to cross the line and suffer the consequences than to just stare at the line for the rest of your life. Paulo Coelho
- I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. Erica Jong
- I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it. Erica Jong
- A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life. Pema Chödrön
- 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
- 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
- Having lived the life I’ve lived, and having seen the other side, not being afraid to attack what was in front of me, has made me happy. David Goggins
- Have the courage to be who you are, not what people expect you to be. David Goggins
- The hard choices – what we most fear doing, asking, saying – these are very often exactly what we most need to do. Tim Ferriss
- The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. Jim Hightower
- Don’t avoid something frightening if it stands in your way. Jordan Peterson
- Think of yourself as an explorer. You cannot find anything new if you are unwilling to leave the shore. Robert Greene
- I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. Catherine the Great
- The only alternative to a shuddering paralysis is to leap into action regardless of the consequences. Alan Watts
- The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your action will be. Dalai Lama
- Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground. Rosa Parks
- The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. Charles DuBois
- I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. G.K. Chesterton
- Amateurs are scared – scared to be vulnerable and honest with themselves. Professionals feel like they are capable of handling almost anything. Shane Parrish
- Do you have the courage to act outwardly on what you see inwardly. T.D. Jakes
- Where your fear is, there is your task. Carl Jung
- First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events. Marie Curie
- Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what? Marcus Aurelius