Motivational Quotes

Courage

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

- Barton, Bruce

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Ovid

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

Bethune, Mary Mcleod

No fact of human nature is more characteristic that its willingness to live on a chance.

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

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Twain, Mark

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

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

Barton, Bruce

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.

10.

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

Joel, Billy

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He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

Graham, James

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The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

Coubertin, Baron Pierre De

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There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes.

Hugo, Victor

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I dare to do all that may become a man: who dares do more is none.

Shakespeare, William

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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Corra Harris

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Twain, Mark

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Hugo, Victor

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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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You cannot fly like an eagle with wings of a wren.

Hudson, William Henry

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I can do all things through him who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:13]

Bible

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Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

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

Churchill, Winston

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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid... for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Deuteronomy

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The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

Madwed, Sidney

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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

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Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Bradley, Omar

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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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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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In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.

Valois, Margaret

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Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them. [2 Kings 6:16]

Bible

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If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

33.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Waitley, Denis

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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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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

Menander of Athens

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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Jean Paul Richter

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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Disney, Walt

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I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Spender, Stephen

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I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.

Brown, Les

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

Smith, Sydney

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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Stone, W. Clement

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Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.