Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way that is not easy.

Aristotle

Don't foul, don't flinch. Hit the line hard.

Roosevelt, Theodore

I dare to do all that may become a man: who dares do more is none.

Shakespeare, William

The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

Horace

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Richter, Jean Paul

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

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

John Wayne

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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Bombeck, Erma

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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.

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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

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I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.

Burke, Edmund

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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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Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world ;is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle-the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your ;conscience on the other.

Macarthur, Douglas

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

Shakespeare, William

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Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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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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There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes.

Hugo, Victor

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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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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

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

Taylor, Bayard

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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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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

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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.

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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Seneca

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

Joel, Billy

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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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But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]

Bible

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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

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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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What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

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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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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

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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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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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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Greville, Lord

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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

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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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It takes vision and courage to create -- it takes faith and courage to prove.

Young, Owen D.

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

Valois, Margaret

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I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.