Best Courage Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“I really hope that there are more young men coming to terms with the fact that they feel things and it's OK to feel things and to talk about how they feel about things. That's not weak. It's brave and strong and good.”

“It's very important to me that kids learn at a young age that they have a voice, and that it is powerful. It is up to us as adults to teach them to use their voice to encourage and show love.”

“Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life.”

“When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.”

“I don't have to be what you want me to be.”

“Being vital means knowing the rules and being brave enough to break them.”

“I can make a virtue of slapdash. Slapdash can give you courage.”

“Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.”

“Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.”

“When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.”

“It's not the actor's job to be interesting; that's the script's job. It's our job to be truthful and brave.”

“I think it takes a tremendous amount of courage to trust in something that's greater than yourself, that you can't see or feel.”

“If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.”

“My toughest fight was with my first wife.”

“You have to make sure you lead from the front and put a brave face on it during the tough times to bring people with you and get out of it.”

“I think it's so wrong to play the victim. There's too many brave women out there that just won't even tolerate it, you know?”

“A real fan will accept growth, encourage the growth, and stick with you through thick and thin.”

“I get real brave when I text people. When I text people, I am so brave because it's words, but you can't say stuff.”

“I was only the 22nd black woman ever elected to the Texas House, and I wouldn't be here but for people having courage.”

“Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a state of terror in this country for more than 400 years.”

“I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.”

“We accomplished what we had to do on 'Price of Tea in China' when it comes to showing the world how good Boldy is.”

“I saw a complete lack of courage in Washington to tackle some of our biggest challenges.”

“I've received tweets that I suspect people wouldn't have sent in 2015. Is that a changed country or is that people who are unpleasant feeling emboldened to speak?”

“Living authentically isn't an act of courage as much as an act of survival.”

“I want to encourage the families and parents that are out there to understand this is not normal to have a surgery at 14 or 15 years old.”

“Girls have been suppressed for long. Crimes against women are on the rise because women have the courage to come out in the open and fight the perpetrators of these heinous crimes.”

“I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.”

“As WWE superstars we have the unique ability to encourage young people who may be following the wrong path to change their lives for the better.”

“It's so easy to be there when it's all sunshine, but it really takes strength and courage to be there for each other during the dark times.”

“A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy.”

“Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.”

“What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.”

“My mom's the strongest, boldest woman I know.”

“There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger.”

“Half of my success is my fearlessness and recklessness - of just seeing the end and not stopping until you get there.”

“I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.”

“I've learned that every truly good thing in life comes from being brave and stepping into the uncomfortable.”

“Very often, unfortunately, people may believe something, but they go along with a group of people because they don't have the courage to stand alone or stand up for themselves.”

“I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.”

“Actors seem brave and unpredictable, but they're spontaneous as a tax return.”

“I learned that Congress is a place with more heart than courage; there are more good souls in Washington than brave ones. I learned that the whole is not always the sum of its parts: that what you put in doesn't always match what you get out.”

“Don't feel sorry for me.”

“As we stand in solidarity with the Burmese people, we must match their courage and push forward sustained, global action to help secure democracy and peace.”

“I didn't have the courage to let myself think or dream of acting because I come from Luxembourg - it's a very small country, and I think it's a place you need to get away from to see how big the world is and what's possible.”

“In groups, who sings this part or that part always turns into an issue. Eventually, you get the courage to go out on your own.”

“I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.”

“I feel simultaneously completely vulnerable and made wholly brave by becoming a parent. It has changed the way that I live my life. Because I want to be an example for my son.”

“If you believe in something, you need to have the courage to fight for those ideas - not run away from them or try and silence them.”

“The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.”

“I am playing a brave girl in Thagararu.' I was told by the director that Madurai girls are naturally brave and during my shoots in the city, I realized that this is true about the girls from Madurai.”

“I shook up the world, I shook up the world.”

“You have to be very brave in that first writing session.”

“You don't actually need confidence or good self-esteem to be successful. You just need to have courage.”

“It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.”

“Confidence is like a sliding scale, but courage is something I can work on - the courage to show up and the courage to do things, even if it scares you.”

“I really enjoy Sarah Silverman's fearlessness.”

“Army wives sacrifice a lot, we need to salute them because no matter what, they always put up a brave face.”

“Our brave servicemen and women sacrifice so much for us all - whether they're spending months away from their families and friends or putting their lives on the line for our country.”

“I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure.”

“You have to say no to a lot of people and when a lot of people are telling you what you're doing is a bit rubbish you just have to have the courage to say 'no it isn't' and believe in it.”

“It's going to take all of us rolling up our sleeves to make America the America that it must become.”

“I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.”

“When 'Braveheart' came out it got terrible reviews, it didnt last very long in the cinema and didnt make much money.”

“How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!”

“I was drawn to the role of Deena in the 'Fear Street' trilogy because she is incredibly passionate, strong, resilient, and brave.”

“It would encourage young researchers if we can show that there is a big return for good research.”

“I'd like to think that I'm brave. That's a really wonderful personality trait to have. I would love to think I'm the type of person to go rescue someone.”

“I am emboldened by my looks to say things Republican men wouldn't.”

“Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.”

“I suppose there's a way you think your partner looks better, remembering when he did have hair and you're kind of trying to encourage him. But me personally, I wouldn't want my husband to try and suggest anything else.”

“Seeing ourselves reflected in stories gives people the courage to keep doing what they are doing or make a change.”

“She was brave and would try anything. But she was never very confident. She didn't even think she was particularly beautiful - which turned out to be a good thing because it made her act like a real person instead of a sex symbol.”

“I've had people call me and tell me, 'You've given me courage.' It's fantastic... it's heart-warming to know you can be a ray of hope in somebody's life.”

“The reality is what Black Lives Matter are raising as an issue is an issue.”

“The West needs leaders with the courage and the will to fight the scourge of radical Islam.”

“I love Orla Guerin - she's my queen... when I watch her on the news, I just can't believe how brave she is.”

“I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.”

“Obviously you need courage to go for certain shots. I'm pushing myself to do that.”

“As Miss World, you are a face for beauty with a purpose. You can't just be beautiful. You have to have the zeal and courage to pursue the purpose.”

“When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose.”

“With a lot of negative publicity, we have to start thinking positive. When you start thinking positive, you begin to encourage. That's when you get good results.”

“I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.”

“Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.”

“Young professionals shouldn't have to let a fear of failure hold them back; they should feel emboldened to take on challenges in creative ways.”

“Faith in God... produces character; character will produce courage, courage to face the challenges of the day.”

“A lot of times, we tend to be reactive instead of proactive. I encourage my readers to be proactive with their life and health.”

“There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.”

“Brave people such as my Uncle Leonard were willing to put themselves at risk to preserve what they valued in life and young men and women today continue to make those sacrifices for our country.”

“I pray every day for my health, the health of my family and the health of all West Virginians. I encourage everyone else to do the same.”

“I watched pretty much every coming out video on YouTube that has ever been posted; I watched it in between 14 and a half and 15. Those coming out videos, and those people on YouTube, those brave, brave, brave people on YouTube, without them, I don't know where I'd be.”

“We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.”

“If I were brave enough to say so, I'd like to think that I had written some poems that people are not going to forget.”

“Courage is just fear plus prayers plus understanding.”

“There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.”

“It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.”

“I just loved the kind of people who play football. Definitely takes courage to play this game.”

“The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.”

“Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.”

“It takes a certain amount of courage to not be pessimistic. I'd like to believe there is good in everyone.”