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Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.
Sep 10, 2025
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow.
Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
If you don't risk anything you risk everything
In life, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.
The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
Conscience is the root of all true courage.
In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.
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.
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Life is not for the faint of heart.
Leadership is not for the faint of heart
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
It is not the critic who counts
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.
Courage isn't the absence of fear; it's the dealing with it.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.
Courage is not the absence of fear...
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that
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.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
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.'
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.