You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Source: André Gide, Les faux-monnayeurs [The Counterfeiters] (1925). Misattribution: Often misattributed to Christopher Columbus, but no authentic source for this attribution is yet found. Original Quote: One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. Original Quote in French: On ne découvre pas de terre nouvelle Read More…

Truth & courage are not always comfortable, but they are never weakness.

Source: Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (2012).

Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.

Source: Aleph (2011) by Paulo Coelho.

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The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Source: Ingersoll the Magnificent (1957) by Joseph Lewis, ‎Robert Green Ingersoll; Page 478.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. – Walter Bagehot

Source: Walter Bagehot; The English Constitution (1867) No. VII, Its Supposed Checks and Balances, page 250.

One man with courage is a majority.

Source: As quoted by James Parton in the Life of Andrew Jackson (1860), vol. III, ch. XXXVI, “War Upon the Bank Renewed” Variant: Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.