Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Mark Twain

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Brown, Les

He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

Graham, James

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

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Churchill, Winston

I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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

Mark Twain

Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.

The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Clare Booth Luce

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

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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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The ideas that have lighted my way and, time after time, have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.

Einstein, Albert

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

Eco, Umberto

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Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie

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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

Jackson, Andrew

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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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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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I am convinced that one of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.

Worsham, James A.

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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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Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

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Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Hill, Aaron

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

Twain, Mark

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

Proverb

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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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What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

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

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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

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

Lewis, Sinclair

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

Shakespeare, William

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

William Shakespeare

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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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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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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With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

Nair, Keshavan

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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 and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Seabury, David