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

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

Johnson, John

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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

Shakespeare, William

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

William Shakespeare

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Waitley, Denis

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

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

Mark Twain

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Father, may these people have the vision to see, the faith to accept the truth, the courage to stand by that which they know is right.

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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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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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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 easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way that is not easy.

Aristotle

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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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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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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Twain, Mark

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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

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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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Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.

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

Thomson, James

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Kirby Larson

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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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I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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

Ovid

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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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I can do all things through him who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:13]

Bible

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To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

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

Petit-Senn, John

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Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

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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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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

Shakespeare, William

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'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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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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The ideas that have lighted my way and, time after time, have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.

Einstein, Albert