Courage Quotes

"Innovation requires the courage to break with tradition."

"In silence, we find the courage to create."

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

"One cannot progress without questioning the fundamental assumptions of art."

"All honor to the man who can cheerfully put aside the pleasant pursuits of peace and take up the rough work of war."

"Anything I can do, or think I can do, I can begin it; boldness has genius, magic and power in it."

"The man who waits for perfect conditions will never accomplish anything."

"The man who fears change is the man who will be left behind."

"Fear is the enemy of creation; courage is its foundation."

"True innovation requires the courage to be completely misunderstood."

"I like a man who grins when he fights."

"The market does not reward the timid or the indecisive."

"A composer must be willing to fail boldly rather than succeed timidly."

"Risk is the price of progress in any art form."

"The composer who seeks approval will find only mediocrity."

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk."

"Every setback is an opportunity to learn and improve."

"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

"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."

"To create is to accept the risk of failure as the price of innovation."

"Fear is simply unexplored territory."

"Courage is the willingness to be vulnerable."

"Authentic expression is an act of courage."

"To create is to take responsibility for what you bring into the world."

"Courage is required to pursue art when society demands utility."

"Courage is found in the decision to create despite doubt."

"There is a moment in everyone's life when they must decide whether they are a passenger or the captain of their own ship."

"A man must have a certain amount of moral courage to face himself squarely in the light of his own mistakes and deficiencies."