Motivational Quotes

Courage

When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

- William Shakespeare

Best Quotes about Courage

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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

Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

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

Bradley, Omar

You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.

Brown, Les

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Allen, James

Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Anouilh, Jean

10.

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

11.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

Richter, Jean Paul

12.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

13.

But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]

Bible

14.

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

Shakespeare, William

15.

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

17.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

18.

Success is never final and failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Ellinger, Jules

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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

20.

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

21.

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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Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. [Joshua 1:9]

Bible

23.

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

Worsham, James A.

24.

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

Gissing, George Robert

25.

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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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

27.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of crackpot than the stigma of conformity.

Watson, Thomas J.

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

Bible

29.

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

30.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,

Browning, Robert

31.

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

32.

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

Churchill, Winston

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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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It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we think of Moses today if when it was time to part the red sea, he had said Why don't you guys go build a bridge?

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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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

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The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

Coubertin, Baron Pierre De

38.

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

Bombeck, Erma

39.

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

E. M. Forster

40.

Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

41.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

42.

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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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

45.

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

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

47.

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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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

49.

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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If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

Bethune, Mary Mcleod