Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Mark Twain

Best Quotes about Courage

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

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.

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

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Whitehead, Alfred North

No fact of human nature is more characteristic that its willingness to live on a chance.

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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

Menander of Athens

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?

10.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.

Forrestal, James V.

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The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Hudson, William Henry

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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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Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Plaut

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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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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

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

William Shakespeare

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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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The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

Coubertin, Baron Pierre De

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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Beaton, Sir Cecil

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Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

Richter, Jean Paul

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To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

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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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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

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

Lao-Tzu

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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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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Don't foul, don't flinch. Hit the line hard.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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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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Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

Zapata, Emiliano

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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Bradley, Omar

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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Flaubert, Gustave

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The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

Horace

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True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Petit-Senn, John