Motivational Quotes

Courage

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.

Best Quotes about Courage

Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.

Shoemaker, Willie

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

Anouilh, Jean

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

Shakespeare, William

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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 worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

Kirby Larson

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

Young, Owen D.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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 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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Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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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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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

May, Rollo

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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

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

Hudson, William Henry

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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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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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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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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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

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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Bombeck, Erma

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If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Landers, Ann

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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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Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

Lindbergh, Charles A.

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When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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

Cicero

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

Petit-Senn, John

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Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Eco, Umberto

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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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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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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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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

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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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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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

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

Churchill, Winston

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Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.