Act Fearlessly Quotes
Bold action separates the men who talk from the men who live. The man who moves decisively, without hesitation, claims ground the cautious never touch. This Potential path holds history's boldest quotes on courage and decisive risk. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”
“One man with courage is a majority.”
“Courage is the greatest of all the virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”
“Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.”
“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”
“A man of courage is also full of faith.”
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
“Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
“Courage is grace under pressure.”
“Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.”
“Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just one step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.”
“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it, and eventually the confidence will follow.”
“You can’t get to courage without walking through vulnerability.”
“Survival is not about being fearless. It’s about making a decision, getting on and doing it.”
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”
“There is nothing wrong with being afraid, but there is nothing more wrong than allowing that to be your master.”
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
“The fears you run from run to you.”
“The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome.”
“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.”
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.”
“He who is brave is free.”
“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”
“To achieve great things we must live as if we were never going to die.”
“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”
“Freedom is never letting your fears stop you from following your heart.”
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become”
“We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.”
“You are afraid to die, and you’re afraid to live. What a way to exist.”
“Security is mostly a superstition. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.”
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
“To each, there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”
“He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a man who is alive.”
“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.”
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
“Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.”
“Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.”
“Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.”
“Boldness becomes rarer, the higher the rank.”
“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
“Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”
“If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.”
“Leap, and the net will appear.”
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