Motivational Quotes

Courage

A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

- Gilder, Richard Watson

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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.

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.

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

Plaut

'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

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

Sherman, William T.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

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

Kirby Larson

Success is never final and failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Ellinger, Jules

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

Greville, Lord

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

Barton, Bruce

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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.

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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

Gissing, George Robert

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The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Mignon McLaughlin

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

Shakespeare, William

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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Adler, Freda

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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It's better to be a lion for a day, than a sheep all your life.

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

Collier, Jeremy

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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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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie

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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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You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

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

Einstein, Albert

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I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

Lindbergh, Charles A.

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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]

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

Twain, Mark

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.

Carroll, Lewis

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

Harold Wilson

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Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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

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

Weininger, Ben

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I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Spender, Stephen

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

William Shakespeare

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

Jean Paul Richter

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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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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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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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You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Konrad, George

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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

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Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.

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

Tyger, Frank

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

Smith, Sydney

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

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