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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.
Sep 10, 2025
Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
Conscience is the root of all true courage.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
Be courageous. It's one of the only places left uncrowded.
Courage without conscience is a wild beast.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.
You can't test courage cautiously.
In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.
Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.
Always be courageous and strong, & don't fear. You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.
Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.
Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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.
Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Everyone say to himself: 'When was the last time I went to confession?' And if it has been a long time, don't lose another day! Go, the priest will be good. And Jesus, (will be) there, and Jesus is better than the priests - Jesus receives you. He will receive you with so much love! Be courageous, and go to confession.
Courage in danger is half the battle.
Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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.
My job is to cover the hell out of the story, very aggressively. The real place to be courageous if you're a news organization is where you put your people to cover the story. It's making sure that you have people going to Baghdad. It's making sure that you figure out how to cover the war in Afghanistan. While the journalist in me completely stands with them, the editor of the New York Times in me thinks my job is to figure out what the hell happened and cover the hell out of it, and that's more important than some symbolic drawing on the front page.
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.
We must be courageous but also reasonable. The world admires us for walking a tightrope without falling off. It asks us to keep our balance.
Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.