Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Cicero

Best Quotes about Courage

1.

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

2.

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.

3.

'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

4.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

Euripides

5.

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

Kirby Larson

6.

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

7.

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

8.

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

Sherman, William T.

9.

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

10.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

11.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

12.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

13.

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.

14.

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

Thomson, James

15.

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

Shakespeare, William

16.

It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Nin, Anais

17.

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

18.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Clare Booth Luce

19.

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

Menander of Athens

20.

Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.

Tyger, Frank

21.

Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.

King, Basil

22.

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

23.

Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

24.

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

Morris, Lewis

25.

Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

26.

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

William Shakespeare

27.

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

28.

Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

29.

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

30.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

31.

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.

32.

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

Petit-Senn, John

33.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

34.

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

35.

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

Harold Wilson

36.

You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

37.

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

38.

Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.

Shoemaker, Willie

39.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Beaton, Sir Cecil

40.

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

41.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

42.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

43.

Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them. [2 Kings 6:16]

Bible

44.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Churchill, Winston

45.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

46.

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

47.

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

Bible

48.

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

Churchill, Winston

49.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.

Richter, Jean Paul

50.

To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.