Nikki Haley Quotes

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

I think sometimes that people think brave means not being afraid, which of course it doesn't mean that at all. It means that you're afraid, but you move past that and do it anyway, do what you think is right.

My greatest fear has always been that I would be afraid - afraid physically or mentally or morally and allow myself to be influenced by fear instead of by my honest convictions.

I guess coming out against actual evil takes guts.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Stand up for what you know is right.

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

The courage of New England was the courage of conscience.

Courage is the most important of the virtues because it is the one that makes all the others possible.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.

Fighting for what is right is not always popular but is always necessary.

Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you'll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself.