It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.” – R.R. Tolkien

“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” –Bethany Hamilton

“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.” – Veronica Roth

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.” – Lao Tzu

We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.” – JoyBell C.

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne

“Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.” – Timothy Dalton

“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

“Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.” – Zig Ziglar

“Because no matter what they say, you always have a choice. You just don’t always have the guts to make it.” – Ray N. Kuili

“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.” – Ruth Gordon

“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” – Victor Hugo

“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.” – Ann Landers

“Courage is not the absence of fear or despair; it is the capacity to continue on despite them, no matter how great or overwhelming they become.” – Robert Fanney

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.” – M. Forster

“Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“It takes courage to walk away from disagreements.” – Amanda Ray

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” – Brené Brown

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

“He who is brave is free” – Seneca

“Courage is grace under pressure.” – Ernest Hemingway

“If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion.” – Criss Jami

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.” – Madeleine L’Engle

“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.” – Criss Jami

“Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it’s actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.” – Christopher Paolini

“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities . . . because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” – Winston Churchill

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.” – S. Lewis

“Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” – Eddie Rickenbacker