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

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.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Carnegie, Dale

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Cicero

You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

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

Luther, Martin

It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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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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I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.

Carroll, Lewis

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Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, Trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust in God, and do the right.

Macleod, Norman

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It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

DeVos, Richard M.

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

Plutarch

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It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Nin, Anais

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If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Landers, Ann

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

Euripides

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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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Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Rodman, Frances

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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Ovid

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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.

Howard, Vernon

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Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Thomson, James

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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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

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A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.

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A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

Brown, Les

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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!

Luce, Timothy

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It takes vision and courage to create -- it takes faith and courage to prove.

Young, Owen D.

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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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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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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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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Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

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One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,

Browning, Robert

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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

Ovid

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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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I am convinced that one of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.

Worsham, James A.

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

Bradley, Omar

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Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Thomas Fuller