Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Bradley, Omar

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

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Lewis, C. S.

There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes.

Hugo, Victor

No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Worsham, James A.

I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.

Carroll, Lewis

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

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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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Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

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

Smith, Sydney

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

Karr, Alphonse

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

Plutarch

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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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True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

Shaftesbury, Lord

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

Luther, Martin

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Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

Johnson, Samuel

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The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Thomas Fuller

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

Petit-Senn, John

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

Mark Twain

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The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.

Stockman, Ralph W.

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The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

Kirby Larson

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It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the ranks of the living; but it does not follow from this that every huckster who is fattened and nourished in self-confidence has more courage than the man who yielded to despair.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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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

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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.

Akhenaton

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

William Shakespeare

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Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Clare Booth Luce

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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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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

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

Menander of Athens

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Disney, Walt

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Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Hill, Aaron

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

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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca

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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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A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Sidney, Sir Philip