Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Anouilh, Jean

No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Cicero, Marcus T.

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

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

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

Worsham, James A.

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

Adler, Freda

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

Forbes, B. C.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

Taylor, Bayard

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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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I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.

Burke, Edmund

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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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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Konrad, George

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Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, ;and the wisdom to know one from the other.

Hart, Oliver J.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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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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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Pollock, Channing

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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]

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A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.

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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

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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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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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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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

Bernanos, Georges

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

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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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If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more daring.

Karr, Alphonse

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

Bradley, Omar

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Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Twain, Mark

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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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You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

Young, Owen D.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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

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

Disney, Walt

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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

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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]

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One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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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