Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Shakespeare, William

Best Quotes about Courage

I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.

Carroll, Lewis

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 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

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

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

Bible

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Ovid

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

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

Twain, Mark

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, ;and the wisdom to know one from the other.

Hart, Oliver J.

11.

Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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

Shakespeare, William

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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

14.

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

Bible

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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Anouilh, Jean

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No more turning away from the weak and the weary. No more turning away from the coldness inside. Just a world that we all must share. It's not enough just to stand and stare. Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away.

Gilmore, David

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

Plaut

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I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!

Luce, Timothy

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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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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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

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

Luther, Martin

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Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Disney, Walt

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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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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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Life becomes real only when we begin to face and solve our own problems. Until then we only swim in circles in a large fantasy world which tends to make us very tired of living. Don't waste energy! Face life now!

32.

One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of crackpot than the stigma of conformity.

Watson, Thomas J.

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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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With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. [Psalms 18:29]

Bible

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Gallantry to women -- the sure road to their favor -- is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.

Hazlitt, William

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

Taylor, Bayard

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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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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Plutarch

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

Gogh, Vincent Van

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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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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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?

46.

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

Hudson, William Henry

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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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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

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Bradbury, Ray