Courage is not the absence of fear, rather it is action in spite of fear. Everyday people are faced with situations that call for them to be courageous. Many are able to face their fears and take them on and act in a courageous way to achieve their dreams or hopes. Courage is the power or quality of dealing with or facing danger, pain, fear and other adversities.

There is no one who has ever lived who can claim never to have had moments when they felt that the circumstances they were facing were too overwhelming. The temptation to quit was great and sometimes it may have seemed like the only option was to give up. But these brave souls forged on and refused to let their fears determine their futures and fate. And that is why we have so many quotes and sayings written by famous and little known people about courage. Some literally stared death in the face but refused to back down and came out as the victors.

What situation are you facing today? What circumstances are causing you anguish and despair? Take time to read the quotes that have been written through the ages and renew your strength. Find inspiration in the words of people like you who almost gave up but decided to give it one more push, and then changed their history.




-Winston Churchill




-Robert Green Ingersoll


Courage is grace under pressure.
-Ernest Hemingway


-David Viscott


-C. S. Lewis


-Mark Twain


-Arthur Koestler


-John Wooden


Courage is knowing what not to fear.


-Andre Gide


From caring comes courage.
-Lao Tzu


What would life be if we had no courage to attempt -anything?
-Vincent Van Gogh


Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
-George S. Patton

Life is to be entered upon with courage.
-Alexis de Tocqueville

Creativity takes courage.
-Henri Matisse

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
-Anais Nin

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
-Benjamin Disraeli

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
-Amelia Earhart

-Nelson Mandela

-Charlie Chaplin

-Coco Chanel

Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
-John Wayne

-Ronald Reagan

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.
-Louis Nizer


-Benjamin Franklin

-Victor Hugo

-Billy Graham

-Giacomo Casanova

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