Courage Quotes

"The spirit of Dr. [Martin Luther] King and the thousands of people he worked with set the races on a different course in the United States... In that same spirit, we must have the courage - and teach our students the courage - to be bearers to the world of this transforming love, co-creators of a more deeply human world, collaborators with Christ in the building of God's Kingdom."
- Peter Hans Kolvenbach

"Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing."
- Author Unknown

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God."
- Isaiah 41:10

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
- Muhammad Ali

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou

"Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong."
- 1 Corinthians 16:13

"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
- Anais Nin

"But even if you should suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you. Do not be afraid or terrified with fear of them, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts."
- 1 Peter 3:14-15

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

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"It always seems impossible until it's done."
- Nelson Mandela

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
Xavier faculty embracing - Lao Tzu

"Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid."
- Matthew 14:27

"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"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

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."
- Babe Ruth

"To have courage for whatever comes in life, everything lies in that."
- St. Teresa of Avila

"God, grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."
- Admiral Chester Nimitz

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can."
- Sydney Smith

"Let nothing frighten you. Who has God, lacks nothing. God alone is enough."
- St. Teresa of Avila

"What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."
- Henry David Thoreau

"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly."
- Robert H. Schuller

"Do not let evil defeat you; instead conquer evil with good."
- Romans 12:21

"Do not lose your courage because it brings with it a great reward."
- Hebrews 10:35

"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. the sure-thing boat never gets far from shore."
- Dal Carnegie

"To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing."
- Author Unknown

"You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity."
- Epicurus

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."
- Maria Robinson

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill

"Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Pray without ceasing."
- Thessalonians 5:17

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