Motivational Quotes

Courage

You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.

- Carnegie, Dale

Best Quotes about Courage

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

Barton, Bruce

Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

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

Luce, Timothy

Don't foul, don't flinch. Hit the line hard.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Churchill, Winston

A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage.

Smith, Sydney

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. [Proverbs 28:1]

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

Disney, Walt

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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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'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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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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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 consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Richter, Jean Paul

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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.

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Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

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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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Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Greville, Lord

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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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No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Voltaire

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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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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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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

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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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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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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

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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

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

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It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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As for courage and will -- we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

Norton, Andre

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To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

Battista, D.A.

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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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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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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]

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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

Edison, Thomas A.

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A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]

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