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

'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

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

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

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

Arthur, William

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

Bible

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

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

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Twain, Mark

10.

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

Lindbergh, Charles A.

11.

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

Valois, Margaret

12.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

13.

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Churchill, Winston

14.

Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

15.

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.

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

Disney, Walt

19.

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

Plutarch

20.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

21.

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

Johnson, Samuel

22.

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

23.

It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the ranks of the living; but it does not follow from this that every huckster who is fattened and nourished in self-confidence has more courage than the man who yielded to despair.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

24.

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

Anouilh, Jean

25.

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

26.

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.

27.

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

Tyger, Frank

28.

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

29.

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

30.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

31.

Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

James, William

32.

The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

Taylor, Bayard

33.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

Jackson, Andrew

34.

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

Petit-Senn, John

35.

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

36.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of crackpot than the stigma of conformity.

Watson, Thomas J.

37.

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.

38.

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

Zapata, Emiliano

39.

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

40.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin