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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela
Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is feeling the fear, the doubt, the insecurity, and deciding that something else is more important.
Mark Manson
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
E.E. Cummings
The only way to do something brave is to first be afraid.
Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
Joseph Campbell
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King Jr.
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe
The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
Felix Adler
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Bob Dylan
The hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.
Andrew Bernstein
A hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself.
Joseph Campbell
The hero is one who rises above his own human weaknesses, for an hour, a day, a year, to do something stirring.
Betty Smith
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Christopher Reeve
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back.
Unknown
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Confucius
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
Eleanor Roosevelt
The only way to do something you're afraid of is to do it afraid.
Unknown
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
Yoda (Star Wars)
The only source of knowledge is experience.
Albert Einstein
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
Kobe Bryant
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Abraham Lincoln
The time is always right to do what is right.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
C.S. Lewis
It takes courage to stand up for what you believe in, but it takes even more courage to stand up for someone else.
Unknown
The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on.
Bear Grylls
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
J.K. Rowling
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
Albert Einstein
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
Mahatma Gandhi
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas Edison
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa Parks
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
Douglas MacArthur
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
Ronald Reagan
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
John C. Maxwell
A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.
Arnold H. Glasow
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Ralph Nader
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Sir Edmund Hillary
The most powerful leadership tool you have is your own personal example.
John Wooden
The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.
Jon Taffer
The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.
Brian Tracy
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