Motivational Quotes

Courage

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

- Allen, James

Best Quotes about Courage

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Hazlitt, William

A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage.

Smith, Sydney

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Seabury, David

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Churchill, Winston

I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

As for courage and will -- we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

Norton, Andre

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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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It's better to be a lion for a day, than a sheep all your life.

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

Gilder, Richard Watson

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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Gallantry to women -- the sure road to their favor -- is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.

Hazlitt, William

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The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

Taylor, Bayard

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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Mark Twain

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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.

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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Johnson, Samuel

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Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

Zapata, Emiliano

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Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

Stone, W. Clement

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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Plutarch

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Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!

Luther, Martin

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We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Anouilh, Jean

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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

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With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

Nair, Keshavan

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All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

Lindbergh, Charles A.

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To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.

Einstein, Albert

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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Evans, Richard L.

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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

Voltaire

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Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.

Tyger, Frank

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Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.

Forrestal, James V.

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Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Greville, Lord

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Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, ;and the wisdom to know one from the other.

Hart, Oliver J.

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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao-Tzu

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No more turning away from the weak and the weary. No more turning away from the coldness inside. Just a world that we all must share. It's not enough just to stand and stare. Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away.

Gilmore, David

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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of crackpot than the stigma of conformity.

Watson, Thomas J.

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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie

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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Allen, James

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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.