Motivational Quotes

Courage

Wealth lost is something lost, honor lost is something lost: Courage lost all is lost.

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts ;in a uniform manner.

Addison, Joseph

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

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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

Mark Twain

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Hugo, Victor

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

Johnson, Samuel

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Twain, Mark

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

Battista, D.A.

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

Twain, Mark

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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 fact of human nature is more characteristic that its willingness to live on a chance.

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

Bible

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Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.

King, Basil

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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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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Kennedy, John F.

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

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It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!

Luce, Timothy

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

Shakespeare, William

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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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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.

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I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.

Carroll, Lewis

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

Bible

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

Clare Booth Luce

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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.

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All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

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

Plutarch

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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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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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Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Allen, James

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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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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Ovid

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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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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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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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'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

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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca