Courage Quotes

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

"If you have ever read one of my books, you know I believe in saying what I think."

"No coward soul is mine."

"I would rather die standing than live kneeling."

"I am not afraid of dying; I am afraid of not having lived."

"A man of great common sense and good taste—meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage."

"A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

"Martyrs, my dear, are not made by being tortured to death, but by being scorned, mocked, and insulted by the whole world."

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror."

"Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age."

"A moment of courage can change the course of a lifetime."

"We must be brave enough to question what we have been taught to believe."

"To question is to blaspheme against the gods of tradition and habit."

"The greatest acts of courage often go unwitnessed and thus uncelebrated."

"There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet instinctively looked round to see what other objects the world contains besides that which has been snatched from us."

"Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual."

"Courage is not the absence of despair; it is often the refusal to listen to despair."

"The courage to be yourself is the rarest form of bravery."

"The past haunts not those bold enough to face it."

"The courage to be vulnerable is the greatest strength of all."

"True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue."

"The highest courage is to dare to appear foolish."

"If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without a solace."

"Take courage. Some things are worth the risk."

"I would rather endure anguish as myself than misery as someone else."

"Conventionality is a shelter for the weak."

"My conscience is my guide; not society's judgment."

"I would rather live one day as a lion than a hundred days as a sheep."

"Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful."

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror."