Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Churchill, Winston

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Courage is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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

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

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

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

Johnson, John

Success is never final and failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Ellinger, Jules

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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To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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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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Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, Trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust in God, and do the right.

Macleod, Norman

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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

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

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

Menander of Athens

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

Carnegie, Dale

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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

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It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way that is not easy.

Aristotle

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

John Wayne

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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Bombeck, Erma

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

Arthur, William

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

Clare Booth Luce

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

Smith, Sydney

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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Flaubert, Gustave

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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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No fact of human nature is more characteristic that its willingness to live on a chance.

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This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Churchill, Winston

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Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Seabury, David

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

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

Seneca

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

Tyger, Frank

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There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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

Ovid

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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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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

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

Twain, Mark

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Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.

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Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

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

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.

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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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Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

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Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. [Ephesians 6:10]

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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Cicero, Marcus T.