Courage Quotes

Courage is not the absence of fear — that line shows up here more than once, and for good reason. These quotes explore bravery in all its forms: physical, moral, emotional, and the quiet kind that shows up when you simply refuse to quit.

“There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.”

Daisaku Ikeda

More Courage Quotes

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”

Vincent Van Gogh

“And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working.”

Rick Perry

“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”

Winston Churchill

“I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!”

Jessica Simpson

“At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.”

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.”

Kathryn Bigelow

“I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.”

Oriana Fallaci

“The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.”

Portia de Rossi

“The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.”

John Stuart Mill

“One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this.”

Miguel de Cervantes

“I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken.”

Julianna Baggott

“Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.”

Jean Baudrillard

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