Courage quotes

“You, my friend, are a victim of disorganized thinking. You are under the unfortunate impression that just because you run away you have no courage; you're confusing courage with wisdom.”
Frank Morgan - The Wizard of Oz

“Be not afraid of greatness, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
Channing Tatum - Duke

“- Hercules Popodopoulos: Madame, I admire your insouciance.
- Marilyn Schwary: Well, it's the dress; it shows everything.”
Joss Ackland - Hercules Popodopoulos
Cybill Lynne Shepherd - Marilyn Schwary

“People are always asking me how is it that firefighters run into a burning building when everyone else is running out. Courage is the answer.”
John Travolta - Captain Mike Kennedy

“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil. I will have my vengeance!”
Shuler Hensley - Frankenstein's Monster

“- Cowboy: You never know what you're gonna run into out there. If we're wearing our colors, we can't hide.
- Vermin: Who wants to hide?”
Tom McKitterick - Cowboy
Terry Michos - Vermin

“You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.”
Mary Tyler Moore

“King Kong... Ain't got nothin'... On me! Aaaaaghhhhhh!”

“- Alberto Granado: I think there's a young lady interested in dancing with you.
- Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: I should ask her, right?
- Alberto Granado: The bird of youth flies away and doesn't come back, man. Fly, man, fly!”
Rodrigo De la Serna - Alberto Granado
Gael García Bernal - Ernesto Guevara de la Serna

“You have always been with me. Your courage, your smile, your damned stubbornness. There has never been any distance between us, and there never will be.”

Angelina Jolie - Sarah Jordan

“- River Townsman: Ma'am, you people are crazy!
- Belle: Crazy? What do you mean, crazy? Because we risked out lives crossing a river instead of staying on the other side? Because we have faith in ourselves? Because we believe in wagonmaster who gave us the courage and the confidence to do things we never thought we could have done?
- River...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joe Bays - River Townsman
Ellen Greene - Belle

- Preston: Major Koslova ends the debate about women in combat as far as I'm concerned.
- Declan Mulqueen: How's that?
- Preston: She saved my life and took out Terek's brother. She did it knowing she'd be drawing a death sentence down on her neck. But when we offered to set her up some place else when this is over, you know what she said? "The... (continue)(continue reading)
Sir Sidney Poitier - Preston
Richard Tiffany Gere - Declan Mulqueen

“You think you know what men are going to do. You think you know what men want to do, but when it comes right down to that moment where they need to step up and, make a move, they chicken out.”
Katherine Heigl - Abby

“The boy has the heart of a bear.”

David Ogden Stiers - J.W. Harper

“The Phantom Prowler wouldn't have been afraid to tell her how he felt. If I only had a tenth of his guts. Jesus, he's not even real, and he's more of a human being than I am.”

Joe Seely - Mark

“Blind terror in a fight can easily pass for courage.”
Mickey Rourke - The Motorcycle Boy

“- Austin Millbarge: Show some balls, man!
- Emmett Fitz-Hume: I think it's too late to try and impress them.”

Dan Aykroyd - Austin Millbarge
Chevy Chase - Emmett Fitz-Hume

“I don't see why it's so complicated. You like Tripp. Tell Tripp you like him.”

Zooey Deschanel - Kit

“- Logan: This isn't training anymore, guys. This is the real deal... You may never come back.
- Bobby Drake: Logan, we're not kids anymore.”
Hugh Jackman - Logan
Shawn Ashmore - Bobby Drake

“- Glinda: Well done, Tinker, your machine works beautifully.
- Master Tinker: That's just workmanship. What you displayed was true courage.”
Michelle Williams - Glinda
Bill Cobbs - Master Tinker

“So you failed. Alright you really failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You think I care about that? I do understand. You wanna be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you're still...” (continue)(continue reading)
Kirsten Dunst - Claire Colburn

“Unfortunately, you don't have the balls to back up the actions of your huge cock.”

Jennifer Beals - Angela (segments "The Wrong Man", "The Man from Hollywood")

“- General Mandible: You're an ant after my own heart, an ant who looks death in the face and laughs.
- Z: Actually, I generally just make belittling comments and snicker behind death's back.”
Gene Hackman - General Mandible
Woody Allen - Z

“All I'm asking is for you to just have the tiniest bit of vision. You know, to just sit back for one minute and look at the big picture. To take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history... of history.”

Jodie Foster - Eleanor Arroway

“- Capt. Blye: I admire your spirit, Captain Jack. I can say this for you, you got balls, like me.
- Captain Jack: But I don't play with mine all the time.”
Herbie Braha - Capt. Blye
Paul E. Richards - Captain Jack