Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Zapata, Emiliano

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

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

Gogh, Vincent Van

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

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

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 is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.

Twain, Mark

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You cannot fly like an eagle with wings of a wren.

Hudson, William Henry

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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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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

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

Battista, D.A.

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I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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

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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

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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

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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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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Plaut

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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

Greville, Lord

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Churchill, Winston

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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Taylor, Elizabeth

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

Einstein, Albert

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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

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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Seneca

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Twain, Mark

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

Adler, Freda

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

Shakespeare, William

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

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We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Angelis, Barbara De

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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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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Ovid

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

Carnegie, Dale

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