100 Courage Quotes

The Essence of Courage

1. «Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.» – Nelson Mandela
2. «It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.» – E.E. Cummings
3. «Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.» – Brené Brown
4. «Courage is grace under pressure.» – Ernest Hemingway
5. «Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.» – Winston Churchill

Facing Challenges with Courage

6. «You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.» – William Faulkner
7. «Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing.» – Emma Donoghue
8. «Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.» – Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. «Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.» – John Wayne
10. «Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’» – Mary Anne Radmacher

Courage & Overcoming Fear

11. «He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.» – Muhammad Ali
12. «Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.» – Lao Tzu
13. «Bravery is not a lack of fear. It is the ability to act in the face of fear.» – Unknown
14. «A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.» – John A. Shedd
15. «No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.» – Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage & Perseverance

16. «Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.» – Winston Churchill
17. «Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.» – Maya Angelou
18. «Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it’s the quiet voice that says, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’» – Mary Anne Radmacher
19. «Fortune favors the brave.» – Virgil
20. «Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway.» – Eleanor Roosevelt