Quotes about Courage

Focus on your faith and feed it. The more energy and time you give it, the stronger it becomes. And anytime you feel afraid of doing something but go ahead and do it anyway, you will be reprogramming your attitude. When you feel fear, it will mean "go" instead of "stop," and "fight harder" instead of "give up.

Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

The Courage to Teach

St. Francis of Assisi said, "Start doing what is necessary; then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

If your perception of and response to failure were changed, what would you attempt to achieve?

Management expert Tom Peters gives a perspective on this. He suggests, "Don't rock the boat. Sink it and start over." If you desire to be creative and do something really innovative, that's sometimes what it takes. You must destroy the old to create something new. You cannot allow yourself to be paralyzed by the idea of change.

Work Through Your Insecurities:

If we're not failing or making mistakes, it means we're playing it too safe.

A leader who loves the status quo soon becomes a follower.

The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it inside out.

Livingstone replied, "If you have men who will come only if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come even if there is no road at all." That's what top leaders want from the people working for them: they want individuals who are willing to do what others won't.

You are out of your comfort zone: Growth requires risk. Ronald E. Osborne stated, "Unless you do something beyond what you've already mastered, you will never grow.