Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Teresa of Avila, St.

Best Quotes about Courage

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

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

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.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the ranks of the living; but it does not follow from this that every huckster who is fattened and nourished in self-confidence has more courage than the man who yielded to despair.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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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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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid... for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Deuteronomy

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

Barton, Bruce

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To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

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Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

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

Voltaire

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

Valois, Margaret

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A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

21.

A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

Gilder, Richard Watson

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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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

26.

The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

Madwed, Sidney

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

Luther, Martin

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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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It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Kirby Larson

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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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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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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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

Carnegie, Dale

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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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It's better to be a lion for a day, than a sheep all your life.

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Euripides

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The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Mignon McLaughlin

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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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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts ;in a uniform manner.

Addison, Joseph

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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

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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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Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

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Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

Zapata, Emiliano

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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

E. M. Forster

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Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.