Courageous Decision Quotes

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's just deciding that fear isn't calling the shots anymore

Being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.

… there are times of moral danger when the hardest virtuous resolution to form is flight, and when the most heroic bravery is flight.

My mother made the courageous decision to flee a tyrannized Cuba in the 1950s and bring her children to the United States, where I was born.

Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.

Take Courage! Whatever you decide to do, it will probably be the wrong thing.

In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, He asks us to be strong and take courage. What is courage? As Ordinary discovered, courage is not the absence of fear; rather, it's choosing to act in spite of the fear. You could say that without fear, you can't have genuine courage.

You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the recognition that some things are more important than fear - and what's more important to me is faith.

In spite of overwhelming grief and terror, I left Westboro in 2012.

...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.

'Birdman' is a very risky movie. I knew I wanted to do it just from watching Alejandro's other work. I told a friend, 'I would have done it based on 'Amores Perros' alone.'

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.

I can keep picking small fights, or brave the big one. Time to screw my courage. Or go down trying.

Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.

A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.

I find my greatest strengths in wanting ti be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave.

To me, leadership has always been about doing what's right. Because when you've had to write your blood type on your boots, you aren't afraid to make the right calls.

I left my apartment in London and I sold everything. I literally had $1000 and a suitcase when I got on the plane. The next day I enrolled in my first acting class. We had some great people, Jim Carrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Molly Ringwald. It was very inspirational.

We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.

For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.