Motivational Quotes

Courage

'Tis much he dares; and, to that dauntless temper of his mind, he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety.

- William Shakespeare

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Shakespeare, William

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. [Proverbs 28:1]

Bible

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

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Bernanos, Georges

Let people go all the way if they have got the balls for it.

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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

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

10.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

11.

A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

12.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

13.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Cervantes, Miguel De

14.

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

15.

The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

Battista, D.A.

16.

Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

17.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Hazlitt, William

18.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

King Jr. Martin Luther

19.

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

Young, Owen D.

20.

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

Disney, Walt

21.

To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.

Einstein, Albert

22.

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.

23.

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

24.

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

Smith, Sydney

25.

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

26.

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

Valois, Margaret

27.

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

Plutarch

28.

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.

29.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

30.

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

31.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

Shaftesbury, Lord

32.

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.

33.

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

34.

Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

35.

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Rodman, Frances

36.

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

Luther, Martin

37.

Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.

King, Basil

38.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:13]

Bible

39.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

40.

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.

41.

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

Churchill, Winston

42.

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

Tyger, Frank

43.

The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

44.

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

Churchill, Winston

45.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Pollock, Channing

46.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

47.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

48.

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

49.

There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are.

Trungpa, Chogyam

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

Joel, Billy