Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Bovee, Christian Nevell

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Valois, Margaret

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Sidney, Sir Philip

Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .

Caddy, Eileen

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

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

Luce, Timothy

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

Kirby Larson

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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

11.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

Shaftesbury, Lord

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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Lee, Harper

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Bernanos, Georges

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Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.

King, Basil

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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 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

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Churchill, Winston

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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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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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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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This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Churchill, Winston

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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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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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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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We must have the courage to allow a little disorder in our lives.

Weininger, Ben

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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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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Some have been thought brave because they didn't have the courage to run away.

Proverb

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

Twain, Mark

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One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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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

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Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termites.

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

Twain, Mark

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Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Disney, Walt

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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

43.

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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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

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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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In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.

Musashi, Miyamoto

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

Johnson, John

48.

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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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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Courage is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y.