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

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

Smith, Sydney

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

Menander of Athens

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Valois, Margaret

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Plutarch

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

Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

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

Cicero

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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

Thomson, James

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

Shakespeare, William

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Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Lewis, Sinclair

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A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.

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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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

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True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Plaut

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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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Gallantry to women -- the sure road to their favor -- is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.

Hazlitt, William

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You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

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Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Weininger, Ben

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Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Evans, Richard L.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

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

Kirby Larson

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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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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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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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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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To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Adler, Freda

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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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The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

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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 in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Clare Booth Luce

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

Bombeck, Erma

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Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Rodman, Frances