African american Quote by Benjamin Banneker

We should impart our courage and not our despair.

— Henry David Thoreau

And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

— Boris Pasternak

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

— Neal A. Maxwell

In spite of despair, hope must exist. In spite of suffering, humanity must prevail. And in spite of all the differences in the world,…

— Elie Wiesel

We must understand the importance of hurts,mistakes and failures because we'll Never Be Brave without getting Hurt, We'll Never Learn without Making Mistakes, we'll…

— Senoraroy

remember that though humility, without firmness, may be cowardly, yet courage without humility is presumptuous.

— Marie Angelique Arnauld

The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.

— Christopher Hitchens

Necessity does the work of courage.

— Anonymous

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

— Rollo May

Such is the uncertainty of human affairs, that security and despair are equal follies; and as it is presumption and arrogance to anticipate triumphs,…

— Samuel Johnson

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything…

— Anonymous

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

— Giacomo Casanova