Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Cervantes, Miguel De

Best Quotes about Courage

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. [Ephesians 6:10]

Bible

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Anouilh, Jean

The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

Coubertin, Baron Pierre De

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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

Twain, Mark

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

DeVos, Richard M.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

11.

You cannot fly like an eagle with wings of a wren.

Hudson, William Henry

12.

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

Worsham, James A.

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If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

Lawana Blackwell

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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Kirby Larson

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

Mark Twain

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I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

Shaw, George Bernard

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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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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

21.

Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Plaut

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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca

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

Jensen, Andrew

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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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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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No more turning away from the weak and the weary. No more turning away from the coldness inside. Just a world that we all must share. It's not enough just to stand and stare. Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away.

Gilmore, David

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

Greville, Lord

30.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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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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He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

Graham, James

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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

Aristotle

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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

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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

39.

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

Anouilh, Jean

40.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

Johnson, Samuel

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With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. [Psalms 18:29]

Bible

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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Johnson, Samuel

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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

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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

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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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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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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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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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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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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao-Tzu