Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Zapata, Emiliano

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

Nair, Keshavan

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

Menander of Athens

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Johnson, Samuel

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

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

Plutarch

Most of the high spots in our lives come about through encouragement. I don't care how great, how famous, how successful a man may be, he hungers for applause.

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

11.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

Shaw, George Bernard

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

Valois, Margaret

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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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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

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You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

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

Bible

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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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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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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

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

Bible

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'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

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Don't foul, don't flinch. Hit the line hard.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Churchill, Winston

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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Gogh, Vincent Van

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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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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Adler, Freda

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Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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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

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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

King Jr. Martin Luther

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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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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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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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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 is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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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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Wealth lost is something lost, honor lost is something lost: Courage lost all is lost.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Anouilh, Jean

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

John Wayne

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You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

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

Worsham, James A.

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Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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

Smith, Sydney

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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Jean Paul Richter

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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