Best Courage Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“.. when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I'm going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humour, with composure.”

“The foolish rush to end their lives.”

“You people have a religion of death that fills you with the joy and courage to confront it...I do not. I believe the only essential thing is to be alive.- Abrenucio”

“I want to look at you as you kill me.”

“As for my own part I care not for death, for all men are mortal; and though I be a woman yet I have as good a courage answerable to my place as ever my father had. I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am indeed endowed with such qualities that if I were turned out of the realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.”

“Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free and those who are conquered by it are made to suffer until they have the courage to defeat it, or death takes them.”

“Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.”

“I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.”

“Conquer the battles that could not be conquered by those who came before you. Gather the courage to challenge the status quo.”

“To know life is to be restless with light.”

“I remember walking away from that moment thinking, I never want my fear to stop someone else’s God encounter.”

“That’s life,” I told him quietly. “You never know what is out there. You just have to hope and trust that you’ll see the other person again.”

“They Say the World Will End Soon”

“Secrets reveal themselves only in the hands of those who dare.”

“Courage doesn’t erase fear — it gives us the strength to move forward in spite of it.”

“Every secret, when seen with the right eyes, turns into a story that speaks.”

“Curiosity is the strongest wing that carries us beyond our fears.”

“Failure, I’ve learned, isn’t the enemy—it’s the teacher.”

“If laughter and play are tools for healing, failure is the sharpening stone.”

“Failure isn’t just about persistence—it’s about being brave enough to try in the first place.”

“Failure is messy, uncomfortable, and sometimes downright painful—but it’s also where we grow.”

“The real losers are those who never try / Never dare to attempt what they desire”

“Silence is occasionally a proactive choice, and not merely the inert absence of noise. It can be an act of courage, power unwielded out of sensitivity or respect, or a circle of concentration to reflect and reminisce. A well-timed silence can command a room, spare others needless pain, or be a pregnant pause to preserve a special moment.”

“Hope is not naive. It’s not a passive dream. It’s a stubborn act of choosing the future again and again, even in the face of collapse.”

“Sometimes... to reach who you really are - to get to the core - you have to take that risk. Step through the fear. It's like crossing a bridge: it's scary, it's cold, the wind knocks you sideways. But once you're halfway across, you realize the view is better from there. And you don't want to go back.”

“You don’t need permission to begin. The roots don’t wait for applause. They just grow.”

“Courage is knowing you'll loose the battle and fighting anyways.”

“If you can, do it.”

“I don't live, I combust.”

“Sometimes the collapse isn’t the end of your story—it’s the page where you finally start telling the truth.”