The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant 'to speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.' ~Brene Brown

 

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~Lao Tzu

 

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

~Mark Twain

 

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~e. e. cummings

 

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.' ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

 

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Somehow they already know what you truly want to become. ~Steve Jobs

 

Optimism is the foundation of courage. ~Nicholas Murray

 

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in this world and moral courage so rare. ~Albert Einstein

 

Courage is to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart. ~Brene Brown

 

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. ~William G.T. Shedd

 

I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. ~Nelson Mandela

 

Courage is not the the towering oak that sees storms come and go, it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. ~Alice Mackenzie Swaim