Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bible

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

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Landers, Ann

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie

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

Adler, Freda

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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

12.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Lee, Harper

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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

Morris, Lewis

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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

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True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Collier, Jeremy

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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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'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

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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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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao-Tzu

20.

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

21.

Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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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.

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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Plutarch

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I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.

Johnson, John

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

Churchill, Winston

27.

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

Worsham, James A.

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Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

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Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Waitley, Denis

30.

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

Tyger, Frank

32.

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

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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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.

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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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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

William Shakespeare

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

Churchill, Winston

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Gallantry to women -- the sure road to their favor -- is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.

Hazlitt, William

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

Luther, Martin

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

Twain, Mark

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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Petit-Senn, John

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

Bible

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

Taylor, Elizabeth

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

Seneca

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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