Courage Quotes

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Samuel Johnson

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

Sarah Kay

I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.

Shekhar Kapur

I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India.

Shekhar Kapur

Parents do not have the courage to say no to certain things that their children demand. They are rather scared of their children.

Shiv Khera

In 1984, showing extraordinary courage, a group of Guatemalan wives, mothers and other relatives of disappeared people banded together to form the Mutual Support Group for the Appearance Alive of Our Relatives.

Stephen Kinzer

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Sinclair Lewis

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

Stephen Leacock

A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me.

Sun Myung Moon

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

Susana Martinez

As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask 'Are you Susana?' and they run up and give me a hug.

Susana Martinez

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

Sarojini Naidu

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

Suze Orman

Courage is not always about action. It takes courage to do nothing rather than do something that you do not believe in or understand.

Suze Orman

At pivotal moments throughout history, there have always been grey areas, and there likely will be in the future. Courage now lies not in the black and white, as in the past, but in the grey.

Safak Pavey

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

Sally Phillips

I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English.

Sharad Pawar

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

Sarah Rafferty

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Saint Francis de Sales

When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.'

Stacy Schiff

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

Sydney Smith