150 Courage Quotes for Everyday Strength
Courage is about facing challenges with strength and determination, even when it’s tough.
That’s why we’ve gathered all the best courage quotes for your next post.
And if you’re looking for inspiring and empowering sayings to spark bravery, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill
“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.” — Lao Tzu
“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the ‘still small voice’ within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.” — Seneca
“Courage is the hallmark of spirituality. Courage comes when you love yourself for who you are.” — Amit Ray
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” — Maya Angelou
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” — Coco Chanel
“Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Have the courage to be who you are, not what people expect you to be.” — David Goggins
“It takes courage to examine your life and to decide that there are things you would like to change, and it takes even more courage to do something about it.” — Sue Hadfield
“He who is brave is free.” — Seneca
“The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.” — Robert Anthony
“Fear can keep a man out of danger but courage only can support him in it.” — Thomas Fuller
“Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Eliot
“Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” — Franklin P. Jones
“Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once.” — William Shakespeare
“Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.” — Thomas Fuller
“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.” — Michel de Montaigne
“There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.” — John Wainwright
“A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.” — Veronica Roth
“Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.” — C. JoyBell C.
“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.” — Jim Morrison
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” — Nelson Mandela
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” — J. K. Rowling
“Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.” — Omar N. Bradley
“In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.” — Sallust
“A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.” — Philip Sidney
“Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.” — Wendell Phillips
“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.” — Thucydides
“True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.” — Franois de la Rochefoucauld
“A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.” — Jean Paul
“Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.” — Francis Bacon
“The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.” — Joanna Baillie
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anais Nin
“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.” — L. Frank Baum
“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.” — Bruce Barton
“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.” — Aristotle
“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” — Henry Ford
“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.” — Veronica Roth
“I am proud of how brave I have been. I am proud of how brave I am being. I am doing my best and I know that is enough.” — Cassie Mendoza-Jones
“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” — Atticus Finch
“Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.” — Samuel Johnson
“Brave men go forward not expecting to return.” — Bona
“Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Great crisis produce great men and great deeds of courage.” — John F Kennedy
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” — Seth Godin
“Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.” — Dau Voire
“Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever.” — Lana Del Rey
“To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.” — Edward Weeks
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” — Mark Twain
“Fight till the last gasp.” — William Shakespeare
“Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.” — El Cordobes
“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” — Mary Tyler Moore
“I just don’t want to die without a few scars.” — Chuck Palahniuk
“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” — Helen Keller
“The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.” — F. E. Smith
“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.” — Herodotus
“Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.” — Vittorio Alfieri
“Trust the still, small voice that says, ‘this might work and I’ll try it.'” — Diane Mariechild
“When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won’t work. Sometimes you just have to go for it.” — Rick Warren
“Be proud of how brave you have been, taking a risk and following your dreams.” — Cassie Mendoza-Jones
“Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing.” — Emma Donoghue
“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” — Bran Stark
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” — Nora Ephron
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” — William Faulkner
“Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.” — Erica Jong
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” — August Wilson
“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” — Jane Austen
“Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.” — Roy T. Bennett
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” — John A. Shedd
“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” — Mark Twain
“Courage is found in unlikely places.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” — Roy T. Bennett
“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.” — Paulo Coelho
“All happiness depends on courage and work.” — Honoré de Balzac
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” — Napoleon Bonaparte
“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back….” — Erica Jong
“It’s your life; you don’t need someone’s permission to live the life you want. Be brave to live from your heart.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Courage is grace under pressure.” — Ernest Hemingway
“Be Brave and Take Risks: You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.” — Adam Lindsay Gordon
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” — Victor Hugo
“Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.” — Sabaa Tahir
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” — Mary Anne Radmacher
“Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it’s actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.” — Christopher Paolini
“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.” — Carrie Jones
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Andre Gide
“The strongest people find the courage and caring to help others, even if they are going through their own storm.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear.” — Roy T. Bennett
“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.” — Criss Jami
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” — Mark Twain
“You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way… to get in the way.” — John Lewis
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” — Leonardo da Vinci
“Life is tough, and things don’t always work out well, but we should be brave and go on with our lives.” — Suga
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“With the bravery of being out of range / We strafe the train / With the bravery of being out of range / We gain terrain” — Roger Waters
“Fill your lives / With love and bravery / And you shall lead / A life uncommon” — Jewel Kilcher
“That havin’ courage didn’t mean that you ain’t afraid. Rather havin’ courage meant being afraid but still being able to do what needs to be done in spite of it.” — Trevor Munson
“Being fearless was the same as being stupid; that havin’ courage didn’t mean that you ain’t afraid.” — Trevor Munson
“So have courage. Courage is an angel. Courage is an angel… that makes the difference between a good life and a great life.” — Michael Sardo
“The greatest courage is the courage to change.” — Nicholas Boxer
“Take courage’—courage! ay, my purple peer, / I will take courage; for thy Tyrian rays / Refresh me to the heart, and strangely dear / And healing is thy praise.” — Jean Ingelow
“And what does he do when in doubt? / And the proof of his faith is the courage he shows / When sorrows lie deep in his breast; / It’s the way that he suffers the griefs that he knows / That brings out his worst or his best.” — Edgar Albert Guest
“It’s the way you hold out against odds that are great / That proves what your courage is worth, / It’s the way that you stand to the bruises of fate / That shows up your stature and girth.” — Edgar Albert Guest
“Courage! / Disaster and destruction tend / To taller triumph in the end.” — Aleister Crowley
“And they fought manfully to the last, with courage unshaken, / Until the tower of Hougemont was in a blaze but still it remained untaken.” — William Topaz McGonagall
“Yet fearless and undaunted, and with the help of Heaven, / He gathered his small band possessed of courage bold, / Determined to make a last effort to capture the stronghold.” — William Topaz McGonagall
“No one can know the potential, / Of a life that is committed to win; / With courage – the challenge it faces, / To achieve great success in the end!” — Anonymous Americas
“So, possess the strength and the courage, / To conquer whatever you choose; / It’s the person who gets started, / That is destined forever to lose!” — Anonymous Americas
“With its blaze of colour, and courage, its daring in every fold, / And underneath is the title, ‘What we have we’ll hold.’ / ‘Tis a picture plain as a mirror, but the reflex it contains / Is the counterpart of the life and heart of the Riders of the Plains.” — Emily Pauline Johnson
“Courage isn’t about fearless. It’s taking action even though you’re scared.” — Margie Warrell
“Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine.” — Margie Warrell
“Sometimes bravery calls for rebellion.” — Margie Warrell
“When you consciously choose to say and do things outside your comfort zone, you build your ‘courage muscles’ for taking on bigger challenges and for responding more bravely to those that land unwanted in your lap.” — Margie Warrell
“One act of raw courage at a time, one day at a time, over the passage of time you become what you do: brave, strong, self-reliant and equipped with everything it takes to pursue your great aspirations.” — Margie Warrell
“Only when those of us with the freedom to stand up, to speak up, and to champion for change find the courage to do so.” — Margie Warrell
“Bravery won’t always guarantee your success — in work, in love and in life — it will always precede it.” — Margie Warrell
“Every act of bravery stems from a decision to make a stand for something that’s bigger than yourself and more important than your emotional comfort or pride.” — Margie Warrell
“But who you become by the courage you’ve shown will always leave you better off. Stronger. Smarter. Braver. Bolder.” — Margie Warrell
“Knowing what you stand for is the foundation stone upon which bravery is built.” — Margie Warrell
“The more you face your fear, stare it down and then step up right through the heart of it, the more you strengthen your faith in yourself and your courage for life.” — Margie Warrell
“Acting bravely in small ways when it doesn’t seem to matter so much is what enables you to build your courage for when it does.” — Margie Warrell
“Have courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” — Margie Warrell
“The kind of courage that fascinated me went beyond physical bravery, though almost always it did involve that admirable quality. It was the an expression of character and strength of belief.” — Gordon Brown
“As far as courage is concerned, it can be good to learn from real examples of courageous conduct as a moral model of excellence of action in dangerous or difficult situations.” — Douglas N. Walton
“Courage has always been one of the most prized virtues, and people who would unblushingly admit to their lack of many other qualities are commonly unwilling to be thought cowards.” — Geoffrey Scarre
“Courage and bravery are highly regarded qualities– possibly because it is difficult to be courageous and brave all the time, especially when times are difficult.” — Amanda Elizabeth Barden
“Pain will follow the act of building courage just as it does building a muscle.” — Angela Sebaly
“The importance of courage to get back up after you have been brought to your knees.” — Angela Sebaly
“When we think of courageous people, we often associate their courage with their behaviors. And although how we see courage is in action, we often miss an inherent and important step that comes first– our emotions.” — Angela Sebaly
Inspirational Courage Quotes
“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.” — Anne Frank
“Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.” — Plautus
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” — Marie Curie
“Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” — Pope John Paul II
“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.” — Ruth Gordon
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” — E.E. Cummings
“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” — Aristotle
“Thy confidence, shall be thy courage.” — Lailah Gifty Akita
“Courage originally meant ‘To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.'” — Brené Brown
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.” — Tony DiCicco
“Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.” — Stephen King
“Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody’s looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you’re misunderstood.” — Charles Swindoll
“It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly.” — Reginald Rose
“Not the showy kind that you get medals for but a private courage that only you know about.” — Lloyd C. Douglas
“Genius is talent set on fire by courage.” — Henry Van Dyke
“Dreams are not reality; dreams have the power to create the reality we are dreaming about; all we need is the courage to believe in the power of dreams.” — Amar Ochani
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“The courage to be yourself in a world constantly trying to shape you is my personal definition of power.” — Kristin Michelle Elizabeth
“The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.” — D. A. Battista
“To build your confidence and courage, take small risks where you have a good chance of succeeding.” — Irene Roth
“It takes courage to say things differently: Caution and cowardice dictate the use of the cliché.” — Kay Boyle, Words That Must Somehow Be Said: Selected Essays, 1927-1984
“It is courage and sacrifice that makes a man great.” — Debasish Mridha
