Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Greville, Lord

Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

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.

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

Weininger, Ben

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

Carroll, Lewis

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

Eco, Umberto

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

Barton, Bruce

One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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

Bible

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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

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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

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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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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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True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Bradley, Omar

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

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

Shakespeare, William

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Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Evans, Richard L.

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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.

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Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Lewis, C. S.

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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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.

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I've been through it all, baby. I'm Mother Courage.

Taylor, Elizabeth

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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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Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

James, William

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Mark Twain

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He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

Graham, James

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

Plutarch

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'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Twain, Mark

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Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. [Ephesians 6:10]

Bible

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Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Churchill, Winston

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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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Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world ;is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle-the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your ;conscience on the other.

Macarthur, Douglas

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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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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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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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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

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No fact of human nature is more characteristic that its willingness to live on a chance.

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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Taylor, Bayard

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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

Euripides

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I am convinced that one of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.

Worsham, James A.