Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Kirby Larson

Best Quotes about Courage

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Pollock, Channing

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

Thomas Fuller

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.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Cervantes, Miguel De

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:13]

Bible

Some have been thought brave because they didn't have the courage to run away.

Proverb

It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we think of Moses today if when it was time to part the red sea, he had said Why don't you guys go build a bridge?

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

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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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.

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You cannot fly like an eagle with wings of a wren.

Hudson, William Henry

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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

Valois, Margaret

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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

E. M. Forster

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

Battista, D.A.

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

Voltaire

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Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Anouilh, Jean

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Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Bradley, Omar

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Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

Johnson, Samuel

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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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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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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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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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Let people go all the way if they have got the balls for it.

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It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

DeVos, Richard M.

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

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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Bernanos, Georges

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

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

Johnson, John

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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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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Father, may these people have the vision to see, the faith to accept the truth, the courage to stand by that which they know is right.

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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

Lindbergh, Charles A.

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

Lao-Tzu

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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

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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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Though the practice of chivalry fell even more sadly short of its theoretic standard than practice generally falls below theory, it remains one of the most precious monuments of the moral history of our race, as a remarkable instance of a concerted and organized attempt by a most disorganized and distracted society, to raise up and carry into practice a moral ideal greatly in advance of its social condition and institutions; so much so as to have been completely frustrated in the main object, yet never entirely inefficacious, and which has left a most sensible, and for the most part a highly valuable impress on the ideas and feelings of all subsequent times.

Mill, John Stuart

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

Kirby Larson

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What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

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

King, Basil

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.