Quotes about Courage

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use.

If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who is for or against it.

I simply refused to believe.

A few days later, however, he wrote in one of his memo books this, which he let me read, "Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so cautious, so 'safe,' and therefore so shrinking and rigid and afraid that it is why so many humans fail. Most middle-aged adults have resigned themselves to failure.