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

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

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.

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

Twain, Mark

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

Proverb

That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

Shakespeare, William

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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

Battista, D.A.

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

Menander of Athens

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more daring.

Karr, Alphonse

10.

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.

11.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

Euripides

12.

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

Pollock, Channing

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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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Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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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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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But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]

Bible

19.

You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

20.

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

Churchill, Winston

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

22.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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

Eco, Umberto

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I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Spender, Stephen

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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

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

Anouilh, Jean

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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.

28.

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

Taylor, Bayard

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

Plaut

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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 fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Hudson, William Henry

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The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

34.

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

Johnson, John

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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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Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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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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A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.

39.

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

40.

Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!

Luther, Martin

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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Richter, Jean Paul

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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Corra Harris

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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Gogh, Vincent Van

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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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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

Arthur, William

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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

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Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them. [2 Kings 6:16]

Bible

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

Plutarch