Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- John Quincy Adams

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

Lindbergh, Charles A.

One who lacks courage to start has already finished

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Churchill, Winston

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

Brown, Les

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

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

Twain, Mark

A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

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

Smith, Sydney

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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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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The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Nin, Anais

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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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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Carnegie, Dale

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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

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Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Churchill, Winston

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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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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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 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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When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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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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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

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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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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

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

John Quincy Adams

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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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

Voltaire

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

Jean Paul Richter

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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

Harold Wilson

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

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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, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Monson, Thomas S.

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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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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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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 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

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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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When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

William Shakespeare

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No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Valois, Margaret

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