Quotes about Courage
A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
— Golda Meir
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
— Golda Meir
Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain.
— Gordon Hinckley
Love is meant to be an adventure!!
— Gordon Hinckley
A marvelous thing it would be to stand with confidence, unafraid, unashamed, and unembarrassed in the presence of God.
— Gordon Hinckley
Do not despair. Do not give up. Look for the sunlight through the clouds.
— Gordon Hinckley
To our brothers and sisters in harm's way, we say that we pray for you. We pray that the Lord will watch over you and preserve you from injury and that you may return home and pick up your lives again. We know that you are not in that land of blowing sand and brutal heat because you enjoy the games of war. The strength of your commitment is measured by your willingness to give your very lives for that in which you believe.
— Gordon Hinckley
Rock Creek is sacred and holy ground. How tremendous their heroism in the face of odds that are almost impossible to understand. . . in terms of self-sacrifice, in terms of courage, in terms of faith, in terms of facing up to adversity, there is no greater example in the history of this nation. . . We have a great inheritance. . . a tremendous responsibility to live up to it. God bless us to be faithful, to be true to that which meant so much to those who died here. . .
— Gordon Hinckley
Don't nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the blessings of the Lord; then stand on your feet and do what you are asked to do.
— Gordon Hinckley
Believe in yourself. Believe in your capacity to do great and good things. Believe that no mountain is so high that you cannot climb it. Believe that no storm is so great that you cannot weather it. You are not destined to be a scrub. You are a child of God, of infinite capacity.
— Gordon Hinckley
We pray that as you walk the paths of life you will walk in ways that are straight with the strength to conform even though those paths be narrow.
— Gordon Hinckley
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word.
— Mark Twain