Motivational Quotes

Courage

The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

- Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

Best Quotes about Courage

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.

Richter, Jean Paul

It takes vision and courage to create -- it takes faith and courage to prove.

Young, Owen D.

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

DeVos, Richard M.

Wealth lost is something lost, honor lost is something lost: Courage lost all is lost.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

John Wayne

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Disney, Walt

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

10.

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

Gissing, George Robert

11.

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

Pollock, Channing

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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

14.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

16.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Seneca

17.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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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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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

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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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The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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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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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage.

Smith, Sydney

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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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The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

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

Shakespeare, William

28.

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

Shakespeare, William

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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

31.

As for courage and will -- we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

Norton, Andre

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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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Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Greville, Lord

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We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.

35.

What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.

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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

Forbes, B. C.

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

Johnson, John

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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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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

Harold Wilson

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

45.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Churchill, Winston

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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