17 Of The Most Powerful Quotes On Courage.

Life takes courage. Every day we have our strength tested by the trials and tribulations of the human existence. And some days it can really just feel like it’s too much. Maybe you lost your job, or your partner left you, and the last thing you feel like doing is finding courage.

But luckily, you do not have to look far, because it is always within you. Even on the days when you are certain it isn’t.

quotes on courage

1) “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”― E.E. Cummings Quotes On Courage

2) “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”― Coco Chanel Quotes On Courage

3) “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”― Winston S. Churchill Quotes On Courage

quotes on courage

3) “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”― Maya Angelou Quotes On Courage

4) “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”― William Faulkner Quotes On Courage

5)“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.”― Ambrose Redmoon Quotes On Courage

6)“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”― William G.T. Shedd Quotes On Courage

quotes on courage

7) “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”― Anaïs Nin Quotes On Courage

8) “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”― Mark Twain Quotes On Courage

9) “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”― Rumi Quotes On Courage

10) “When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”― Paulo Coelho Quotes On Courage

quotes on courage

11) “Freedom lies in being bold.”― Robert Frost Quotes On Courage

12) “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”― Nelson Mandela Quotes On Courage

quotes on courage

13) Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.― Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes On Courage

14) “The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”― Paulo Coelho Quotes On Courage

15) “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”― Theodore Roosevelt Quotes On Courage

16) “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”― André Gide Quotes On Courage

17) “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”― Lao Tzu Quotes On Courage

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Chiara is an actress and writer based in Sydney, Australia. Her journey inward started after battling for many years with her physical and emotional health. She is now an advocate for spirituality & authenticity. Find more of Chiara's work at Fiercefemmemovement.com