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

1.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Sidney, Sir Philip

2.

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

3.

Life becomes real only when we begin to face and solve our own problems. Until then we only swim in circles in a large fantasy world which tends to make us very tired of living. Don't waste energy! Face life now!

4.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

5.

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]

Bible

6.

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

Bible

7.

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

8.

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

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

9.

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

10.

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

11.

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

12.

Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

13.

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

Monson, Thomas S.

14.

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

Mignon McLaughlin

15.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Lee, Harper

16.

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

17.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Waitley, Denis

18.

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

19.

Let people go all the way if they have got the balls for it.

20.

Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!

Luther, Martin

21.

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

Plaut

22.

I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

23.

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.

24.

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

Shakespeare, William

25.

The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

Battista, D.A.

26.

It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we think of Moses today if when it was time to part the red sea, he had said Why don't you guys go build a bridge?

27.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

28.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Carnegie, Dale

29.

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

Anouilh, Jean

30.

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

Bernanos, Georges

31.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

32.

Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

33.

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

34.

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.

35.

What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.

36.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Churchill, Winston

37.

'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

38.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

39.

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

Bible

40.

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

41.

Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

42.

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

Bible

43.

What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

44.

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

45.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Gogh, Vincent Van

46.

Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

47.

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

48.

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.

49.

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

Lao-Tzu

50.

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