Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.

Akhenaton

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

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Cicero

You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Konrad, George

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.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Twain, Mark

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

Courage is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y.

Schuller, Robert H.

Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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

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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bradley, Omar

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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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It's better to be a lion for a day, than a sheep all your life.

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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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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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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A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Sidney, Sir Philip

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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Thomson, James

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What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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

Bible

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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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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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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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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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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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

Bradbury, Ray

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It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way that is not easy.

Aristotle

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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

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Adler, Freda

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We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Angelis, Barbara De

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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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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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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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 wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. [Proverbs 28:1]

Bible

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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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One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,

Browning, Robert

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

Pollock, Channing

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

Johnson, John