A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.

Quote by William Shedd

Topics: Courage Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Risk Quotes

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and...

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and...

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're...

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're...

O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient...

O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient...

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

Courage is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing...

Courage is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing...

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Courage is facing your fears. Stupidity is fearing nothing.

Courage is facing your fears. Stupidity is fearing nothing.

Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for...

Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for...

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the...

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the...

Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a...

Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a...

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at...

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at...

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...