Motivational Quotes

Courage

You have to be tough.

- Ditka, Mike

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Bible

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

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

Lao-Tzu

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

All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.

Carlson, Curtis

Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

Joel, Billy

Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Hugo, Victor

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.

10.

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

John Quincy Adams

11.

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

12.

We must have the courage to allow a little disorder in our lives.

Weininger, Ben

13.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

14.

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

15.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

Stone, W. Clement

16.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Ovid

17.

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

18.

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

Smith, Sydney

19.

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

20.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

21.

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

Churchill, Winston

22.

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

John Wayne

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Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Monson, Thomas S.

24.

Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.

Howard, Vernon

25.

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

Nair, Keshavan

26.

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Flaubert, Gustave

27.

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Bernanos, Georges

28.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

29.

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.

30.

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Collier, Jeremy

31.

No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

32.

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

Greville, Lord

33.

The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.

Stockman, Ralph W.

34.

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

Carnegie, Dale

35.

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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Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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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

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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

39.

If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

40.

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

Proverb

41.

Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

42.

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

Ovid

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Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts ;in a uniform manner.

Addison, Joseph

46.

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

Valois, Margaret

47.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

48.

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

Luce, Timothy

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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.