Motivational Quotes

Courage

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

- Beaton, Sir Cecil

Best Quotes about Courage

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

King Jr. Martin Luther

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Mark Twain

Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Hill, Aaron

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

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Monson, Thomas S.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

11.

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

12.

What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.

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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Churchill, Winston

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Success is never final and failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Ellinger, Jules

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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Voltaire

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I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.

Johnson, John

18.

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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Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.

Akhenaton

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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Eco, Umberto

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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

Arthur, William

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

Anouilh, Jean

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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

Jackson, Andrew

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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Richter, Jean Paul

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Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... even surmount the crisis completely and turn it into an opportunity. Refuse to renounce your self-image. No matter what happens, you must keep your good opinion of yourself. No matter what happens, you must hold your past successes in your imagination, ready for showing in the motion picture screen of your mind. No matter what happens, no matter what you lose, no matter what failures you must endure, you must keep faith in yourself. Then you can stand up to crises, with calm and courage, refusing to buckle; then you will not fall through the floor. You will be able to support yourself.

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Greville, Lord

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You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Konrad, George

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Beaton, Sir Cecil

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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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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Adler, Freda

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Collier, Jeremy

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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Bombeck, Erma

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Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. [Joshua 1:9]

Bible

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True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Petit-Senn, John

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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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We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Angelis, Barbara De

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Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.