Courage Quotes

"We must be willing to stand in the fire of controversy for what is right."

"Fear of change is the refuge of the lazy mind."

"We must be willing to lose everything we have in order to gain what we deserve."

"Compromise on principle is the first step toward defeat."

"He who fears God has nothing else to fear."

"The credit belongs to the man whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood."

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be."

"I will not perform the role assigned me; I will not cringe, I will not bend, I will be myself."

"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."

"I feel as strong as a lion, therefore I am so."

"My God! I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well!"

"I have never known what fear is. I was always the fearless one among my people."

"I speak the truth as I know it, and I fear no man for speaking it."

"I will not be silent while my people suffer under the weight of injustice."

"I am not afraid to stand alone if it means standing for what is right."

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."

"The very first lesson I learned in the crucible of life was that strength and moral courage are measured not by the tongue but by the trilby worn."

"The person who makes no mistakes does not try new things."

"The great tradition of public service and self-sacrifice for one's country knows no color line."

"I am ashamed of nothing."

"We need in every community a group of angelic troublemakers."

"There is but one coward on earth and that is the coward that abandons his right."

"I was born an heretic."

"I declare that woman must not depend upon the protection of man."

"Failure is impossible."

"I declare that woman has been the slave of man."

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything"

"I am a marked man"

"I live like a man who's already dead"

"Anytime you take a step forward, there will be some people right there in your face telling you you're crazy"