Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

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

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

Worsham, James A.

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

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

Mignon McLaughlin

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

Valois, Margaret

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

Ovid

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Gogh, Vincent Van

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

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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Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world ;is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle-the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your ;conscience on the other.

Macarthur, Douglas

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One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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

Seneca

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Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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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 we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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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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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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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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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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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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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'Tis much he dares; and, to that dauntless temper of his mind, he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety.

William Shakespeare

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Corra Harris

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

Proverb

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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

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

Cicero

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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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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

Shakespeare, William

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

Bombeck, Erma

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This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Kennedy, John F.

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Let people go all the way if they have got the balls for it.

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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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Most of the high spots in our lives come about through encouragement. I don't care how great, how famous, how successful a man may be, he hungers for applause.

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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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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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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

Gissing, George Robert

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

Petit-Senn, John

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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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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