Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

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

Johnson, Samuel

All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.

Carlson, Curtis

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

Shaw, George Bernard

In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.

Musashi, Miyamoto

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

Ovid

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

E. M. Forster

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Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... even surmount the crisis completely and turn it into an opportunity. Refuse to renounce your self-image. No matter what happens, you must keep your good opinion of yourself. No matter what happens, you must hold your past successes in your imagination, ready for showing in the motion picture screen of your mind. No matter what happens, no matter what you lose, no matter what failures you must endure, you must keep faith in yourself. Then you can stand up to crises, with calm and courage, refusing to buckle; then you will not fall through the floor. You will be able to support yourself.

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Anouilh, Jean

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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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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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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

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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

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

Thomas Fuller

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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?

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

Menander of Athens

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If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Landers, Ann

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

Twain, Mark

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

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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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If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

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It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Taylor, Bayard

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

Proverb

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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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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

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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

Morris, Lewis

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Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

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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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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

Aristotle

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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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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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To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.

Einstein, Albert

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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

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

Bradley, Omar

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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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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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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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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are.

Trungpa, Chogyam

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Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Eco, Umberto

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Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne