Creativity Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Creativity quotes, Creativity sayings, and Creativity proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.


A man's got to do what a man's got to do.      -- unknown
A turtle travels only when it sticks its neck out.     -- Korean (on journeys)
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the conquest of it.      -- William Danforth (1870-1955)
Courage is the complement of fear.      -- Lazarus Long, thanks to D. Housel
Cowards die many times before their death.      -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Don't be led around by the nose.      -- unknown
Faint heart never won fair lady.      -- W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.      -- German Proverb
Fear the person who fears you.      -- Middle Eastern (on courage and fear)
Given a challenge, rise to the occasion.      -- unknown
Have the courage of your convictions.      -- unknown
Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer.      -- Norwegian (on courage and fear)
If you are afraid of something, you give it power over you.      -- Moroccan (on courage and fear)
It is easy to be brave from a distance.      -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Keep a stiff upper lip.      -- unknown
Keep your chin up.      -- unknown
Like a fish, one should look for holes in the net.      -- Samoan (on freedom and slavery)
One with the courage to laugh is master of the world.      -- Italian (on courage and fear)
Our fears always outnumber our dangers.      -- Latin (on courage and fear)
The blind person is not afraid of ghosts.      -- Burmese (on courage and fear)
The brave person regards dying as going home.      -- Chinese (on courage and fear)
The longest journey begins with the first step.      -- unknown
The person afraid of bad luck will never know good.     -- Russian (on luck)
What cannot be cured must be endured.      -- Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599)
With a stout heart, a mouse can lift an elephant.      -- Tibetan (on attitude)
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.      -- Swedish (on courage and fear)