Quotes about Courage

Let your courage rise with danger.

women had not weakened in their resolve to resist.

After years of imprisonment, physical and emotional abuse, and separation from his family, Mandela said, "I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away." So Mandela's story is really the story of those two things he never gave away: his brilliant mind, and his great heart.

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

Let freedom reign.

His life is circumscribed by racist laws and regulations that cripple his growth, dim his potential, and stunt his life.

The struggle is my life.

I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities, a thousand unremembered moments, produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to fight the system that imprisoned my people.

If you can't get a miracle, become one.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words and your faith stronger than your feelings.

Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.