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“The strength and courage needed to take control of our resources can only be found in African unity.”
Samia Nkrumah (born 1960) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://meetingsforpeace.santegidio.org/pageID/30660/langID/fr/text/2972/Speech-of-Samia-Nkrumah.html? santegidio.org(15 October 2018)
“Throughout our nation building journey, we have repeatedly faced challenges and setbacks. We survived when few believed we would. When we started out in 1965, the journey looked so daunting, with so many problems to solve. But with courage and determination, our founding leaders and pioneer generations tackled challenges head-on, one by one, and built this thriving metropolis.”
Halimah Yacob (born 1954) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech by President Halimah Yacob at the Opening of the Second Session of the 14th Parliament" (10 April 2023)
“I like to ask people to think about the courage it takes for someone experiencing homelessness to knock on the door, asking for service. It’s very hard. It’s very vulnerable.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Breaking through barriers in skiing has given me a lot of courage and fortitude to be able to make a difference for others. And I'm very proud that I get to do that.”
Bonnie St. John (born 1964) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First African-American woman to win a Winter Games medal: 'an incredible milestone' International Paralympic Committee (12 February 2023)
“Courage does not mean the absence of fear, it means you have to feel the fear and go for it anyway,”
Carey Lohrenz (born 1968) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meet One of the First Female F-14 Fighter Pilots AARP (May 27, 2022)
“For me, speechwriting is about telling the stories that too often just don’t get told,” Hurwitz said. “There’s a lot of quiet daily heroism in this country—people who get up every day and build lives driven by love, courage, and self-sacrifice.”
Sarah Hurwitz (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The hardest thing is always getting to the starting line and having the courage to do it. Most adventures fail because they are never done.”
Jonas Deichmann (born 1987) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: Interview with Wilder Magazine, (March 11, 2021).
“I do not want the nation's journalists to lose their courage in the face of recurring violence against the press.”
Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (1932–2002) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Condemns Government´s ´Tacit Approval´ of Terrorist Attack (7 March 1991) Union of Asian Catholic News
“The Church in Laos is not lacking in courage, since She relies on the promise of the Lord, who has promised to be with us always.”
Jean Sommeng Vorachak (1933–2009) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: - H. Exc. Most Rev. Jean SOMMENG VORACHAK, Apostolic Vicar of Savannakhet (28 April 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
“May the testimony of dedication and the blood of the fathers encourage us to ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of parrhesia, that evangelical courage, to bear firm witness to the Kingdom of God and vigorously denounce violence, injustice and the structures of sin that oppose the project of Jesus of Nazareth.”
Gustavo Rodríguez Vega (born 1955) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Two Jesuit priests are murdered in a church and their bodies are taken by armed men (22 June 2022) Fides News Agency
“And so the question as the continent rises is: will we be men and women of courage? Will we be the generation that in 50 years time, our children reference and say ‘They did it right”
Vusi Thembekwayo (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Contrary to what is all too often claimed, voters do not wish the men they have elected to be in their image. Voters love greatness and are capable of recognizing it. They love courage, even when they personally lack it.”
Alain de Benoist (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have come to share life with you and to join ourselves to your situation after the misfortune you experienced. We have visited different places affected and are happy you are well. The disasters have not changed you. We thank God, who has given you courage and allowed you to stand firm in these trying moment.”
Edouard Sinayobye (born 1966) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda: Bishop of Cyangugu in a solidarity visit to the Diocese of Nyundo. (9 June 2023) Vatican News
“I had been to Jeddah on my previous trip, so I knew it well enough. As somebody once said, there was only one thing to recommend it—say you wanted to commit suicide and couldn’t quite find the courage, two days in Jeddah would do the trick.”
Terry Hayes (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As he was leaving the room, he said it a third time, “You are a very young bishop." By this time, I had the courage to respond, "Your Holiness, you have yourself to blame for that.”
Jerome George Hanus (born 1940) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop Jerome with Pope John Paul II (27 April 2014) Conception Abbey
“Courage is hard, and hard to sustain. But we see it everywhere, steady in the face of war and injustice, sickness and loss, in stories of perseverance for a greater purpose.”
Claudine Gay (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“College campuses in our country must remain places where students can learn, share and grow together, not spaces where proxy battles and political grandstanding take root. Universities must remain independent venues where courage and reason unite to advance truth, no matter what forces set against them.”
Claudine Gay (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was an honor for me to participate that night, because you live for hostage rescues. When you look back on that night, it embodies the selfless service of my teammates. Especially Sergeant Joshua Wheeler. They put the lives of the hostages above their own. When you think about Army values like duty, personal courage, and selfless service, that's what stands out to me about that mission.”
Thomas Payne (soldier) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I studied the students' problems; I did not try to suggest solutions; I tried only to have them develop courage and confidence in the fact that our people, who have solved so many problems, can solve this one, too.”
Morris Schappes (1907–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's just that life felt the right size in there... not too big and not too small. Wasn't so hard to work up a bit of courage. It's got so bloody complicated since then.”
Athol Fugard (1932–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You may be twice my size, but I have three times your courage”
Margaret Ogola (1958–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Strive for new missionary zeal with courage and to strive for holiness. As we journey towards the Great Diocesan Mission, every community must become a powerful centre of radiant of life in Christ.”
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera (born 1958) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Following two day Diocesan Church Meeting the diocese of Chillán committed "to building an intensely missionary Church whose sign will be a Great Diocesan Mission” (10 January 2008) Fides News Agency
“A few words for Jamaat-Shibir, Chhatra Dal- 'Don't enter the student movement and turn the student movement into a political party movement. If you had courage, you would have come earlier, don't spoil the purpose of this movement by acting like an opportunist, don't make us know your caste. If you are a student, come as a student. Our movement needs students, not target achieving leader.”
Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho (1998–2024) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 18 July 2024, same day Facebook post
“The Christians of Asia need to open up, to meet their non-Christian brothers and sisters, to have courage, remaining consistent with our faith, and to recognize the greatness of their spiritual values by looking for what unites us before stopping before what separates us. If the other person sees our sincere esteem and our spontaneous love, he or she cannot remain indifferent forever.”
Armando Bortolaso (1926–2019) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: - S. Ex. Mgr Armando BORTOLASO, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Rafanea and Apostolic Vicar of Alep (21 April 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
“We, who are baptised, must ask ourselves what we should do to make Christ present in Zambia. There is need to leave everything, our preferences and follow Jesus. To preach the good news of Jesus, to preach the beauty of our Catholic faith with courage and firmness and more especially with our lives.”
Julio Murat (born 1961) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ZAMBIA: Apostolic Nuncio Challenges the Faithful to be Missionaries (14 July 2017) AMECEA
“Lord do what you want with me," this is the song that gave me courage to go out of the bush and to go back to the town to identify the women who were displaced, the women who were traumatized.”
Angélique Namaika (born 1967) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sr Angélique Namaika giving hope to women in DRC (12 February 2014) Vatican Radio
“When those put in charge of running the affairs of state get it wrong, we must have the courage, the humanity and the selflessness to say so. That is our patriotic duty”
Edward Akufo-Addo (1906–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Icare est chut ici, le jeune audacieux, Qui pour voler au ciel eut assez de courage: Ici tomba son corps dégarni de plumage, Laissant tous braves cœurs de sa chute envieux.”
Philippe Desportes (1546–1606) first seen 1573 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Les Amours d'Hippolyte (1573), sonnet 1, ll. 1–4 (Tr. Wilfrid Thorley)
“By Episcopal ordination and ministry, bishops are men of communion and their ministry is to ensure the unity of the Church, to love the Church with all their heart, intelligence and courage and to help others to do the same. In our world marked by individualism, we are called to discern the truth.”
Michel Visi (1954–2007) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. Exc. Most Rev. Michel VISI, Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu (26 November 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
“What I write about is not war but the courage of man.”
Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Milestones", Time (December 9, 1974)
“Most of the women here have always struggled and have consistently made it. Mo is an incredibly, unbelievably strong girl. I wonder how she gets her courage, her resilience and I don’t know where she gets her energy from.”
Florence Ita Giwa (born 1946) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/09/10/ita-giwa-why-i-celebrated-mo-abudu-at-60/
“I hope that many women will see this and take courage to enter into politics.”
Akon Etim Eyakenyi (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“he gave me a lot of courage. But I had a lot of fear from the government because at the initial stage the President himself called me on the phone and told me to get out of Juba.”
Santa Okot wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I announced my entry into politics, I quickly gained both supporters and detractors, with neither group taking the time to understand my motivations. People don’t hate you personally; they resent your courage and willingness to take bold actions. I believe these reactions were not solely due to my being a woman.”
Gwendoline Konie (1938–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For truth and death are similar in that they both require a great courage if one wishes to face them. And truth is like death in that it kills. When I killed I did it with truth not with a knife. That is why they are afraid and in a hurry to execute me. They do not fear my knife. It is my truth that frightens them.”
Nawal El Tatawy (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Failure is not in my vocabulary … I wanted to share my story with young women from Namibia, who want to do something but who may think that it is difficult or that it is only for boys or that it will take long. I wanted to encourage them and tell them that all it needs is focus, determination, courage and discipline”
Libertina Amathila (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My hope is that others will find the courage to stand up against the violence that exists in so many of our homes, yet remains so rarely acknowledged.”
Specioza Kazibwe (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have managed to break barriers or limits that no one thought transgender people would do on their own. It wasn't just about human rights but a desire to prove ourselves capable and doing the best we could. We were also able to redefine the word 'courage'.”
Audrey Mbugua (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My relationship to religion became a little bit more fraught. So, that initial relationship to religion was all about these beautiful characters who had incredible virtue and valour and courage and spiritual refinement and beautiful adap. That was formative for me thinking about in living Islam and the things that inspired me and the things that were shown up to me as a mirror of goodness.”
Sa'diyya Shaikh (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Chinwe Egwim wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What I took back from Rome after the two-day visit last week can be summed up in three phrases: face the past with honesty, the present with courage, the future with hope.”
Martin Drennan (1944–2022) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Irish Bishops Tell of Their Meetings With Pope (22 February 2010) Zenit
“I asked all the so-called "clandestine" brother Bishops like me to take courage, to be recognized by the political authorities, to accept the laws of the State and thus live openly in full communion with the Universal Church, even in the context of their particular condition. Twenty years later, I perceive that a path of growth has been followed.”
Joseph Han Zhihai (born 1966) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Joseph Han: in 20 years of episcopate, I have seen how the Lord takes care of His Church (20 March 2023) Fides News Agency
“It is by surmounting difficulties, not by sinking under them, that we discover our fortitude. True courage consists not in flying from the storms of life; but in braving and steering through them with prudence. Avoid solitude. It is the bane of a disordered mind; though of great utility to a healthy one.”
Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840) said by 1840 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His mind...with all its vigour and acumen, though naturally inclined to justice and courage, is about as capable of impartiality as a prize-fighter is capable of metaphysics.”
E. V. Lucas (1868–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Determination and courage are the best friends of the future”
Francine Niyonsaba (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe everyone has a voice and should always find courage to use it even when it’s not popular to do so. Every voice matters. Everyone has got a story to tell”
Amanda Black (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is men of purpose and women of courage taking that commitment from the home into the workplace. There is a big piece of this that is calling for our men to lead differently and not just make this woman's work.”
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had a very strong mother and I learned from both my parents’ intellectual rigour, to have the courage of my convictions and to speak the truth.”
Maya Jribi (1960–2018) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maya Jribi: Tunisian politician who blazed a trail for secularism, feminism and democracy,29 May 2018,by Christine Manby
“I remember it so clearly. I know the pain, trust me, I really know that pain and I have been able to survive to be the strong person that I am today. I used music as an escape and, at some point, worked up enough courage to speak about it so I could start healing. I want to help others who, like me, have endured abuse because they are poor or are dependent on their abusers”
Nelisiwe Sibiya (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Does anyone have the courage to portray the character of Prophet Muhammad in movies?”
Giriraj Singh (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source