Ruth Gordon - Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it...

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Biography

Author Profession: Actress

Nationality: American

Born: October 30, 1896

Died: August 28, 1985

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Quotes to Explore

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Life Time Heart Courage

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Courage You Quality Mind

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Winston Churchill

Courage Speak Stand Up Down

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

Eleanor Roosevelt

Strength Confidence Courage Fear

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Life Courage Risks Nothing Will

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.

Courage Be Kind Consistency Practice

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage Salvation Kind

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Man Courage Fear Brave

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Courage Will Go Find Risk

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

George S. Patton

Courage Fear Minute Holding On

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Vincent Van Gogh

Life Courage Anything Attempt

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

Courage Great Friends Stand Up

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

Life Patience Courage Peace

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Courage Yourself Think Act Still

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