Courage Poems

Courage Poems

Poems about Strength

What is courage? What defines a courageous act? It is said that the brave and cowardly person are both fearful. However, it is the brave one who faces his fear and does what needs to be done. We will be faced with many things that scare us throughout our lives. How can we become the kind of people that face our fear and do it anyway? Human growth takes place when we take small steps. Each time we face our fears we become more of the courageous person that we would like to be.

45 Courage and Bravery Poems

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  1. 1. A Salute To Survivors Of Life


    • By Doug W Benson
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 13, 2024 with permission of the Author.

    When half of your body
    fails to respond,
    And words and phrases
    are there, but then gone...

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    Audra:
    Thank you so much for taking the time to send a message and share with me a brief glimpse into your life experience! None of us can truly understand what you've been through since...

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  3. 2. My Place In The Universe

    • By Luann Winkle
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

    One time there was a mountain,
    and I said, "I can't climb that mountain,"
    and I turned back and took a different path.
    And along the way I encountered wild beasts,

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    • Votes 10
    • Rating 4.30
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  5. 3. Survivor

    • By Shahinaz Soliman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 29, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    Trapped in my thoughts,
    In my days and what my life brought.
    Trapped in my memories, lost in my reveries.

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    • Rating 3.78
  6. 4. I Will Protect And Love My Inner Child

    A single flash of a camera
    And a moment frozen in time
    Can never truly tell the tale
    Of that child left behind.

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  7. 5. Your World

    Famous Poem

    Your world is as big as you make it.
    I know, for I used to abide
    In the narrowest nest in a corner,
    My wings pressing close to my side.

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  8. 6. Defeat

    Famous Poem

    Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness;
    You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs,
    And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.

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  9. 7. Courage

    Famous Poem

    Courage isn't a brilliant dash,
    A daring deed in a moment's flash;
    It isn't an instantaneous thing
    Born of despair with a sudden spring

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  10. 8. Warrior Girl

    • By Jodi M. Kucera
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2022 with permission of the Author.

    A match was struck that ignited the flame.
    Now ashes and rubble are all that remain.

    Defeated, she's left standing alone,

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    • Rating 4.60
  11. 9. Hearts Are Resilient

    • By Liz Newman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2021 with permission of the Author.

    Hearts are delicate
    yet incredibly resilient.
    They break and break open,
    yet they beat

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    • Votes 10
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  12. 10. She Is Magic


    • By Caroline White
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.

    She wildly dances
    to the beat of her own heart
    a strong and fearless protector,
    she’s hauntingly beautiful

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    • Rating 4.79
  13. 11. Exhale Anxiety

    • By Raquel Franco
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I send anxiety
    a cease and desist letter.
    I close her mouth.
    Unbind her gnawing disquiet,

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    • Rating 4.36
  14. 12. It Takes A Certain Courage

    • By S.C. Lourie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    It takes a certain courage:

    Just to be,
    to fight for your happiness

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  15. 13. Your Bravery

    You have come so far,
    trekked forward
    shedding layers of
    everything that

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  16. 14. Keep Going

    Famous Poem


    When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
    When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
    When the funds are low and the debts are high,
    And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

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    Featured Shared Story

    I've had this poem on my desk for the past 40 years of my life. In my darkest moments, it's given me light and a way to look beyond the clouds around me. It's a classic motivational...

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  17. 15. Sympathy

    Famous Poem

    I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
    When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
    When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
    And the river flows like a stream of glass;

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    • Rating 4.42
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    If Paul Laurence Dunbar were still here on earth, I'd tell him how wonderful those words were in his poem called Sympathy. A bird needs to feel the wind beneath its wings, for the freedom...

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  18. 16. Stout Sprout

    • By Hannah R. Soummers
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2020 with permission of the Author.

    A sunflower will grow
    With much beauty to show,
    But the wind must blow,
    Which brings the rain and the snow.

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    • Rating 4.64
  19. 17. Finding A Will When Wanting To Quit

    Times will get rough and sometimes tough,
    Where you may say that you have had enough,
    Where you may fall and need a lift,
    Where the hurt of your pains may leave you stiff.

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    • Votes 70
    • Rating 4.26
  20. 18. Inner Strength


    • By John P. Read
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2019 with permission of the Author.

    It's only through mistakes we make
    We learn where we went wrong.
    It's only when we're far from home
    We realize where we belong.

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    Hi HOSwrites,
    I believe each day is a step nearer, on the road to fulfillment, and that each mistake is a lesson. They'll be many obstacles to overcome, and we may often ask where God is,...

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  21. 19. Climb Every Mountain

    • By Eric R. Harvey
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2019 with permission of the Author.

    We all have a massive mountain to climb,
    Especially those who've lost someone dear.
    But climb that big mountain, we surely must,
    If we are going to overcome fear.

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    • Votes 77
    • Rating 4.40
  22. 20. If You Stand For Nothing You Will Fall For Anything

    • By Lydia Preston
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2018 with permission of the Author.

    A time has come
    and it is now.
    Will you take a stand
    or bend your knee and bow?

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    • Votes 163
    • Rating 4.46

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