Avenues to Courage

The Avenue of Courage 

Courage Quotes for College Students *

• Say yes as often as you can. . . . Now, will saying yes get you in trouble at times? Will saying yes lead you to doing some foolish things? Yes it will. But don't be afraid to be a fool.
  - Stephen Colbert, Born 1964, American comedian, satirist, actor and writer
• I likened myself to a sailor ... to brave the dangers of that procellous sea.
  - Rafael Sabatini,1875-1950, Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure.
  

  
  Image Source: Life and Works of Rafael Sabatini

• When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take the step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for us to stand on or we will be taught to fly.
  - Patrick Overton, American educator, poet, playwright and author
• People tend to be afraid of change and of what they don't understand, but you have to take a step away from the ordinary if you expect to generate extraordinary ideas. Learn to embrace the unusual and the unexpected.
  - Floyd Hunt
• Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. "Yes" is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.
  - Stephen Colbert, Born 1964, American comedian, satirist, actor and writer
• There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
  - Christian Bovee, 1820-1904 American author
• Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
  - Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American essayist, naturalist, poet
• He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
  - Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, Irish-born British statesman, political writer

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  You cannot run away from a weakness. You must sometimes fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
   

      - Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish novelist, essayist and poet

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Boldness has genius, power and magic.
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  Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

  
  - Josh Billings, Pen-name of Henry Wheeler Shaw, 1818-1885, American columnist and humorist

  
  Image source:  The Great Josh Billings RunAground Triathlon

  
  

  
  

• To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
  - St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1380, Third Order Dominican, hermit, reformer, mystic

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church
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• Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
  - Admiral Hyman Rickover, 1900-1986, U.S. Navy Four-Star Admiral
• The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.>
  - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770-1831, German philosopher
• Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
  - R.I. Fitzhenry, former Vice President, Sales for Harper & Row, Co-founder of Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited, Publishers
• Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
  - Nicholas Murray Butler, 1862-1947, American philosopher, diplomat, and educator
• My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out. There are going to be times in your life when you're going to have to stick your neck out. There will be challenges and instead of hiding in a shell, you have to go out and meet them!
  - Ruth Westheimers, Born 1928, Better known as "Dr. Ruth", sex therapist. media personality, and author,
• Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
     

  - Chanakya, also known by the name of Kautilya and Vishnugupta, 350 BC-275 BC, Indian politician, strategist and writer 
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.
  - Lister Sinclair, 1921-2006, Canadian broadcaster, playwright and polymath.
• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
  - Nelson Mandela, Born 1918, South African statesman, 1993 Nobel Prize for Peace
  Image source: Mihjr Bose's Blog

• Do not be afraid.
  Do not be satisfied with mediocrity.
  Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
  -Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005

  Image source: The Holy See
  
• Fear is created not by the world around us, but in the mind, by what we think is going to happen.
  
  - Elizabeth Gawain,1921-?, Author of The Dolphins' Gift: a True Story
• 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.
  - First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Diplomat, writer
  
  Image source: The National First Ladies' Library
• The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, willfulness and patience. Courage strengthens, willfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.
  - Herman Hesse, 1877-1962, German-Swiss poet
• Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
  - Marie Curie, 1867-1934 Polish-born French physicist and chemist