246 Courage Quotes

Brave is not the absence of fear. It is the decision to act with it sitting right beside you.

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Courage is one of the most misread words in the English language. Most people picture it as a feeling — some surge of bravery that lifts you over your fear. But the people who have actually done hard things almost always describe it the opposite way. Fear was still there. They acted anyway.

The 246 courage quotes here are for both ends of that spectrum. The big leaps — quitting the job, leaving the relationship, telling the truth in a room that does not want to hear it. And the small ones — making the call you have been avoiding, asking the question, taking up the space you are entitled to.

Read the one that scares you the most. That is probably the one you needed.

Courage Quotes — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between bravery and courage?

They get used interchangeably, but there is a useful distinction. Bravery tends to describe a single moment — the soldier under fire, the bystander who runs toward danger. Courage is the longer, quieter version — the parent who keeps trying, the person who chooses honesty over comfort for the hundredth time. Bravery is a spike. Courage is a habit.

How do you find courage when you are afraid?

You do not have to find it. You only have to act with the fear still present. Most people are waiting for the fear to go away first. It rarely does. Courage is the willingness to take the next small action while afraid, not the absence of fear. Start with something you can do in the next five minutes.

Are some people born braver than others?

Some are wired with lower baseline anxiety, sure. But courage as a practice is built, not inherited. Every time you do something despite fear, the next time gets a little easier. It is one of the most learnable skills in human psychology. You are not the exception. You can build it too.

Is asking for help an act of courage?

Often the bravest kind. Most people are more afraid of looking weak than of staying stuck. Asking for help — from a therapist, a friend, a doctor, a stranger — requires admitting that you do not have it all figured out. That admission, made out loud, is where most healing actually begins.

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A strong relationship starts with two brave people who are ready to sacrifice anything for one another.

— Author Unknown

Accept the things about yourself you can't change. Have the courage and self discipline to work on what you can, ultimately becoming a better you.

— Author Unknown

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of brave people who are overcoming it.

— Author Unknown

Anyone can be taken, at any time in our lives, but we always wait until they're gone to say the things we never had the courage to before.

— Melody Carlson

Ask yourself what is really important, and then have the wisdom and courage to build your life around your answer.

— Author Unknown

Be brave, you will not see the light at the end of the tunnel until you walk through the darkness.

Be happy. Be brave. Be you.

— Author Unknown

Be honest with yourself about who you are and have the courage to be that person; if someone tries to judge you or shame you for doing things that make you happy, let them go. No one has it all figured out - especially not the people who are acting like they do and judging you because of it... Remember, pretending to be something that you aren't because you're trying to please everyone is NOT the way to be happy; living the life you want to live is! It's that simple.

— Author Unknown

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help and brave enough to ask for it.

— Author Unknown

Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

— Veronica Roth

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Count your smiles instead of your tears, count your courage instead of your fears.

— Author Unknown

Courage is asking for a time out, to shed a tear, to dust yourself off, and then getting back in the ring to fight like you’ve never fought before.

— Author Unknown

Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Courage is not only getting through today, but knowing that tomorrow you'll do even more to better your life. Believe in your strength.

— Author Unknown

Don't seek an answer if you don't have the courage to know and strength to accept it. Be prepared first.

Every comeback starts with one brave decision.

— Author Unknown

Great things will happen when you get up, dust yourself off, and go after life with determination and courage.

Have the courage to make the change, the strength to see you through it, and faith that everything will turn out for the best.

— Author Unknown

Healing is brave work. It takes more courage than people give it credit for.

— Author Unknown

Healing is slow, brave, quiet work. Give it the respect it deserves.

— Author Unknown

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

I hope you find the courage to get through today.

— Author Unknown

Hope is wishing something would happen. Faith is believing something will happen. Courage is making something happen.

— Author Unknown

For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.

I hope you meet someone brave enough to love you.

— Author Unknown

If someone has enough courage to ask you a question seriously, then you should be brave enough to answer truthfully.

— Cameron Milton

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

— Author Unknown

If you see me walking the road with someone else, it is not because I like that person’s company, it is because you were not brave enough to walk beside me. If you hear me talking about that person all the time, it is not because that person pleases me, it is because you were too deaf to hear my heart beats. If you feel me falling with someone new, it is not because I love that person, it is because you were not there to catch me as I fall.

— Ally McBeal