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 follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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

Ellinger, Jules

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

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

No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Plaut

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

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

E. M. Forster

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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Hazlitt, William

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True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

Shaftesbury, Lord

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

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Twain, Mark

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Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

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

Johnson, Samuel

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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Corra Harris

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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.

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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!

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Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,

Browning, Robert

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Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.

Forrestal, James V.

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

Plutarch

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He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

Voltaire

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I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

Shaw, George Bernard

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

Weininger, Ben

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

Cicero

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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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

Sherman, William T.

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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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Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .

Caddy, Eileen

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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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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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

Mark Twain

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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

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A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

Brown, Les

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

Disney, Walt

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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Waitley, Denis

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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

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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Richter, Jean Paul

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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

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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

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Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, ;and the wisdom to know one from the other.

Hart, Oliver J.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear.

Earhart, Amelia