Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Shaw, George Bernard

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Physical courage, which engages all danger, will make a person brave in one way; and moral courage, which defies all opinion, will make a person brave in another.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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

Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Hugo, Victor

No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Luther, Martin

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.

Tyger, Frank

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Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

Johnson, Samuel

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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Johnson, Samuel

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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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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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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

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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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!

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In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.

Valois, Margaret

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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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Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

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

Disney, Walt

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Churchill, Winston

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

Twain, Mark

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Smith, Sydney

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

Plaut

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

Karr, Alphonse

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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.

Forrestal, James V.

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

Euripides

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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Flaubert, Gustave

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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

Joel, Billy

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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 takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Nin, Anais

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True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Collier, Jeremy