Courage Quotes

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

John Petit-Senn

I see courage everywhere I go in Africa.

John Prendergast

An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.

Joseph Pulitzer

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

James Harvey Robinson

Courage is action, not talk.

Jeff Rich

I've always been attracted to films which explore the qualities of courage.

John Rhys-Davies

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

J. D. Salinger

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

Jessica Simpson

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.

Joe Scarborough

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

John Steinbeck

Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism.

Jonas Gahr Store

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

Joseph Stalin

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

Jalal Talabani

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

James Thomson

Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.

Joe Torre

Courage is found in unlikely places.

J. R. R. Tolkien

The first thing out of Fidel Castro's mouth to me, he looked me right in the eye and said, 'You're a man of great courage.'

Jesse Ventura

If his presidency is to represent the full power of the idea that black Americans are just like everyone else - fully human and fully capable of intellect, courage and patriotism - then Barack Obama has to be subject to the same rough and tumble of p...

Juan Williams

We know the Republicans are happy to keep the country in the dark, and if we Democrats are to recapture the power necessary to assert our values, we must find the energy, courage, creativity and unity to map out a brighter day for the people we since...

John Yarmuth

When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.

Kirstie Alley

I often visit Maria Tatar's 'The Grimm Reader' for a cold dose of courage. Her translations come from the Brothers Grimm, whose now-famous collection of 'Kinder- und Hausmarchen' ('Children's and Household Tales') was first published in 1812. The boo...

Kate Bernheimer