--- title: "10 Took Courage Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Took Courage quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Took Courage sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/jeffrey-eugenides-462_courage_it-took-courage-to-let-things-fall-apart_2499615.png" --- > [It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/it-took-courage-to-let-things-fall-apart-so-beautifully/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/jeffrey-eugenides-462_courage_it-took-courage-to-let-things-fall-apart_2499615.png) > [I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-doucet/i-took-my-courage-in-both-hands-and-went-to-the-laundromat-to-do-my/) [Julie Doucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-doucet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/julie-doucet-55232_both_i-took-my-courage-in-both-hands-and-went_1045267.jpg) > [“Long ago she had thought bravery equaled wandering, the power was in the journey. Now she knew that, for her, it took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-brown/long-ago-she-had-thought-bravery-equaled-wandering-the-power-was-in/) [Eleanor Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/eleanor-brown-9492_courage_long-ago-she-had-thought-bravery-equaled_1873028.jpg) > [If a girl admits she likes you, know that it took every once of courage to say that. Idiot, don't take her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-a-girl-admits-she-likes-you-know-that-it-took-every-once-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/anonymous-1_courage_if-a-girl-admits-she-likes-you-know-that_943824.jpg) > [“In all her attempts to be brave and stay strong, she'd never realized it took more courage to change than to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-b-harms/in-all-her-attempts-to-be-brave-and-stay-strong-she-d-never-realized/) [A.B. Harms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-b-harms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/a-b-harms-215615_courage_in-all-her-attempts-to-be-brave-and-stay_1436893.jpg) > [you say you have no courage, but i see it in you. what you did, the burden you agreed to shoulder, took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/you-say-you-have-no-courage-but-i-see-it-in-you-what-you-did-the/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/khaled-hosseini-251_burden_you-say-you-have-no-courage-but-i-see-it_3096898.png) > [“Heather, I think you are very brave. What you did today, out there in the storm, took courage. All of life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-smith/heather-i-think-you-are-very-brave-what-you-did-today-out-there-in/) [S.D. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/s-d-smith-31603_courage_heather-i-think-you-are-very-brave-what_2850984.jpg) > [Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/despite-not-knowing-if-what-he-felt-from-moment-to-moment-would-pass/) [Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/diane-ackerman-1035_ability_despite-not-knowing-if-what-he-felt-from_2168193.png) > [“--Here, my good man. Could you tell me whereabouts Horatio Street...good heavens. Thus called upon, he took courage; the sursum corda of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/here-my-good-man-could-you-tell-me-whereabouts-horatio-street-good/) [William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/william-gaddis-7794_closing-time_here-my-good-man-could-you-tell-me-where_2856726.jpg) > [“He had intended at first to send Ford down in the Chili. It was not gratitude that changed his mind, but respect.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/he-had-intended-at-first-to-send-ford-down-in-the-chili-it-was-not/) [Robert Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/robert-heinlein-24334_gratitude_he-had-intended-at-first-to-send-ford-do_888765.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/took-courage/#itemlist", "name": "Took Courage Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeffrey Eugenides" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/it-took-courage-to-let-things-fall-apart-so-beautifully/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/jeffrey-eugenides-462_courage_it-took-courage-to-let-things-fall-apart_2499615.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/jeffrey-eugenides-462_courage_it-took-courage-to-let-things-fall-apart_2499615.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/jeffrey-eugenides-462_courage_it-took-courage-to-let-things-fall-apart_2499615.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully.” — Jeffrey Eugenides", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. 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