Courage Quotes

"Courage is willingness to sacrifice."

"Better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep."

"A true leader walks alone, unencumbered by doubt."

"Indecision is the death of leadership."

"I move forward, never hesitating or looking back."

"Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong."

"Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly."

"Fear has its use but cowardice has none."

"Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something."

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak."

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."

"When you are right, you cannot be too radical."

"The greatest tragedy is not the strident clashing of bad ideals, but the silent acceptance of bad ideals."

"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust is acting morally."

"To be quiet is to be complicit."

"We are called to be the conscience of our nation."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather an assessment that something else is more important than fear."

"When you see a good fight, the important thing is not to lose your nerve."

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

"The man who waits for the perfect moment will wait forever."

"The worker must understand that his salvation lies in his own hands alone."

"A reformist is merely a revolutionary who has lost his nerve."

"The revolutionary who fears making mistakes will make the greatest mistake of all."