--- title: "11 Courage Thing Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Courage Thing quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Courage Thing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/anonymous-1_courage_courage-is-the-thing-all-goes-if-courage_540523.jpg" --- > [Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/courage-is-the-thing-all-goes-if-courage-goes/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/anonymous-1_courage_courage-is-the-thing-all-goes-if-courage_540523.jpg) > [Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-inglis-anderson/courage-is-always-and-only-one-thing-it-is-acting-with-fear-not/) [Walter Inglis Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-inglis-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/walter-inglis-anderson-25941_acting_courage-is-always-and-only-one-thing-it_1849460.jpg) > [Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-colfer/courage-is-one-thing-that-no-one-can-ever-take-away-from-you/) [Chris Colfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-colfer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/chris-colfer-1370_away_courage-is-one-thing-that-no-one-can-eve_2670343.png) > [“Kip had always liked the idea that courage was a thing a person could hold on to and use.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-auxier/kip-had-always-liked-the-idea-that-courage-was-a-thing-a-person-could/) [Jonathan Auxier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-auxier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/jonathan-auxier-27100_courage_kip-had-always-liked-the-idea-that-coura_351964.jpg) > [“Be brave. Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-colfer/be-brave-courage-is-one-thing-that-no-one-can-ever-take-away-from-you/) [Chris Colfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-colfer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/chris-colfer-1370_away_be-brave-courage-is-one-thing-that-no-on_1860671.png) > [“Want of courage is the last thing to be pardoned by young men, who usually look upon bravery as the chief of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pushkin/want-of-courage-is-the-last-thing-to-be-pardoned-by-young-men-who/) [Alexander Pushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pushkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/alexander-pushkin-8623_character_want-of-courage-is-the-last-thing-to-be_1278496.jpg) > [If you want to develop courage, do the thing you fear and keep on doing it until you have a record of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie/if-you-want-to-develop-courage-do-the-thing-you-fear-and-keep-on/) [Dale Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-carnegie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/dale-carnegie-382_behind-you_if-you-want-to-develop-courage-do-the-th_2620824.jpg) > [“Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes." \[ The Rectorial Address Delivered by James M. Barrie at St. Andrew's University…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-barrie/courage-is-the-thing-all-goes-if-courage-goes-the-rectorial-address/) [J.M. Barrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-barrie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/j-m-barrie-4860_courage_courage-is-the-thing-all-goes-if-courage_2938771.jpg) > [“Like the body, courage, too, is a thing weakened, especially when we are young and invincible. We can't give one the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-krivak/like-the-body-courage-too-is-a-thing-weakened-especially-when-we-are/) [Andrew Krivak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-krivak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/andrew-krivak-40877_courage_like-the-body-courage-too-is-a-thing-wea_2212980.jpg) > [I sometimes think that courage is the thing that you need more than any other thing. It's fear that cripples us. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/i-sometimes-think-that-courage-is-the-thing-that-you-need-more-than/) [Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/anna-quindlen-467_accounts_i-sometimes-think-that-courage-is-the-th_1570980.png) > [“Not everyone can be rich,' Peter went on. 'Not everyone can be strong or clever. Not everyone can be beautiful. But we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/not-everyone-can-be-rich-peter-went-on-not-everyone-can-be-strong-or/) [Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/geraldine-mccaughrean-19228_courage_not-everyone-can-be-rich-peter-went-on-n_432679.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courage-thing/#itemlist", "name": "Courage Thing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Courage is the thing. 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