50 Courage Quotes to Reflect on When Reviewing Your Leadership Strategy Plan (Leadership Courage)
“We need bold intentions AND bold actions.” ~ Anonymous
“Character—or lack of it—is still the nemesis of most leaders in our world today. Skills are critical to effective leadership, but character is also important. Many believe they could become effective leaders if they only had the skills. Others believe they can become great leaders if they can just develop their character. Both are wrong. It takes skills and character.” ~ Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller
“Leadership is more about what others don’t see than what they do see.” ~ Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller
“A smart person knows what to say. A wise person knows whether to say it or not.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.” ~ Rudyard Kipling
“A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” ~ John Maxwell
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.” ~ Winston Churchill
“One yes can change everything. But it always starts with the courage to hear a no.” ~ Andrea Waltz
“History is made by men and women of vision and courage. Tonight freedom is on the march.” ~ Ronald Reagan
“It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” ~ John Maxwell
“The key ingredient to building trust is not time. It is courage.” ~ Patrick Lencioni
“BOLD sales leadership is about being fearless, inspiring others, taking risks, and driving change.” ~ Steven Rosen
“Your life Expands in proportion to your courage. Fear limits a leader.” ~ John Maxwell
“Faith is not a certainty. Faith is the courage to live with uncertainty.” ~ Rabbi Sacks
“Leaders must display their humanness. Those under their authority must be empowered & have the courage to engage in honest dialogue.” ~ Patrick Lencioni
“Believers, look up – take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.” ~ Billy Graham
“Leading people out of fear is the most courageous leadership.” ~ Jeff Pellitier
“Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood – the virtues that made America.” ~ Teddy Roosevelt
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.” ~ Dale Carnegie
“The time is always right to do what is right.” ~Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
“There are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying. Any great military operation takes careful planning or thinking. Then you must have well-trained troops to carry that out: that’s working. But between the plan and the operation there is always the unknown. That unknown spells defeat or victory; success or failure. It is the reaction of the actors to the ordeal when it actually comes. Some people call that getting the breaks. I call it God. God has His part or margin in everything. That’s where prayer comes in.” ~ George S. Patton
“Courage is the first step to growth, especially when the growth occurs in spite of unjust circumstances.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr
“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember, too, that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger our imagination. Let your watchword be order and let your beacon be beauty.” ~ Daniel H. Burnham (Aim High)
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” ~ Ronald Reagan
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” ~ Anonymous
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue (courage) is not hereditary.” ~ Thomas Paine
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it’s because we do not dare that they are difficult.” ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose a response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~ Viktor Frank
“Courage is like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it becomes. Leadership requires action in massive doses. Action often requires courage. Therefore, courage is an indispensable part of leadership.” ~ Mark Miller
“If you do what you need to do when you need to do it, then the day will come that you can do what you want to do when you want to do it.” ~ Zig Ziglar
“Leaders must have the strength to know what they cannot be if they are to have the courage to be truly their best selves.” ~ Rabbi Sacks
“When you summon the courage to travel to the center of your fear, you often find that there is nothing there.” ~ Deborah Rosado Shaw
“Use your fear, it can take you to the place where you store your courage.” ~ Amelia Earhart
“I am a Soldier. I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.” ~ George S. Patton Jr.
“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ~ St. Francis Of Assisi
“One of the greatest discoveries a person makes is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn’t do.” ~ Henry Ford
“Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.” ~ George Washington
“Fear lives in the head. Courage lives in the heart.” ~ Louise Penny
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is Courage to continue that count.” ~ Winston Churchill
This article was featured in my February Newsletter. Here’s a link to the newsletter – there are more articles and videos you may find useful.
Danita Bye February 2023 Newsletter
You can read all the articles in the Sisu Courage Series by clicking on the links below:
How do You Confront Fear to Strengthen Your Leadership Development?
Leadership Strategy Insights from Courageously Taking on Mount Kilimanjaro
A Courageous Character Keeps Your Leadership Development Journey on Track
Gratitude Builds Courage to Confidently Turn Scary Times into Leadership Development
How to Courageously Connect to Improve Your Leadership Performance
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