Motivational Quotes

Courage

I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.

- Burke, Edmund

Best Quotes about Courage

1.

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.

2.

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

Voltaire

3.

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

Taylor, Bayard

4.

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

5.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Mignon McLaughlin

6.

When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

William Shakespeare

7.

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

8.

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

9.

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

10.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

11.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

12.

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

Shakespeare, William

13.

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

Bradley, Omar

14.

Wealth lost is something lost, honor lost is something lost: Courage lost all is lost.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

15.

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

16.

Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Kennedy, Robert F.

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

Ovid

20.

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

Weininger, Ben

21.

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

Collier, Jeremy

22.

The real acid test of courage is to be just your honest self when everybody is trying to be like somebody else.

Jensen, Andrew

23.

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

24.

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

Sherman, William T.

25.

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

Luther, Martin

26.

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

Twain, Mark

27.

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

28.

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

29.

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Anouilh, Jean

30.

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

31.

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

32.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Seneca

33.

You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

34.

I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

E. M. Forster

35.

The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

Horace

36.

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

Brown, Les

37.

It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we think of Moses today if when it was time to part the red sea, he had said Why don't you guys go build a bridge?

38.

Physical courage, which engages all danger, will make a person brave in one way; and moral courage, which defies all opinion, will make a person brave in another.

Colton, Charles Caleb

39.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

40.

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

Churchill, Winston

41.

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

42.

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]

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