Motivational Quotes

Courage

I dare to do all that may become a man: who dares do more is none.

- Shakespeare, William

Best Quotes about Courage

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.

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

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

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

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

Taylor, Bayard

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.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Clare Booth Luce

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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Euripides

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

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

Petit-Senn, John

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

Lao-Tzu

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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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All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.

Carlson, Curtis

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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Seneca

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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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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.

Howard, Vernon

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

Plutarch

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Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.

Ben-Gurion, David

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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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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In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.

Musashi, Miyamoto

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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Bernanos, Georges

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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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We must have the courage to allow a little disorder in our lives.

Weininger, Ben

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Disney, Walt

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Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... even surmount the crisis completely and turn it into an opportunity. Refuse to renounce your self-image. No matter what happens, you must keep your good opinion of yourself. No matter what happens, you must hold your past successes in your imagination, ready for showing in the motion picture screen of your mind. No matter what happens, no matter what you lose, no matter what failures you must endure, you must keep faith in yourself. Then you can stand up to crises, with calm and courage, refusing to buckle; then you will not fall through the floor. You will be able to support yourself.

Maltz, Maxwell

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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.

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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

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True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

Shaftesbury, Lord

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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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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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He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

Voltaire

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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Hazlitt, William

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There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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