Famous Quotes

"I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous."

Aung San Suu Kyi on Courage

More quotes about Courage

• "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."

  Steve Jobs on Courage

• "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"

  Eleanor Roosevelt on Courage

• "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

  Nelson Mandela on Courage

• "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

  Winston Churchill on Courage

• "There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right."

  Ronald Reagan on Courage

More quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

• "Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age."

• "At this age, I should be leading a quiet life."

• "Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose."

• "I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own."

• "One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country."