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

1.

The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

May, Rollo

2.

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

3.

It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

4.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

5.

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

6.

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

7.

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

Greville, Lord

8.

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

Twain, Mark

9.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

10.

As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.

Akhenaton

11.

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

Shakespeare, William

12.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

13.

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale

Blavatsky, Helena Petrova

14.

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

15.

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

16.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. [Ephesians 6:10]

Bible

17.

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

Young, Owen D.

18.

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

19.

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Thomson, James

20.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

21.

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

Shakespeare, William

22.

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Seabury, David

23.

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Hammarskjold, Dag

24.

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

Taylor, Bayard

25.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

26.

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

Lao-Tzu

27.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Ovid

28.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Lewis, C. S.

29.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

30.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more daring.

Karr, Alphonse

31.

Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

32.

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

Bible

33.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

Richter, Jean Paul

34.

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

35.

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

Forbes, B. C.

36.

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

37.

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

Shakespeare, William

38.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

39.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Beaton, Sir Cecil

40.

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

41.

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

42.

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

Kirby Larson

43.

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

Smith, Sydney

44.

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

Battista, D.A.

45.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

46.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Thomas Fuller

47.

The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

48.

We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.

49.

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

Joel, Billy

50.

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

Adler, Freda