Motivational Quotes

Courage

A man of courage is also full of faith.

- Cicero, Marcus T.

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Rodman, Frances

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

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

In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.

Valois, Margaret

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

Bible

Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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!

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

Joel, Billy

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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The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

Horace

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The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

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He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

Voltaire

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

Bradley, Omar

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Battista, D.A.

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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

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

Shakespeare, William

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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Greville, Lord

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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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Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termites.

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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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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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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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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Cicero

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Physical courage, which engages all danger, will make a person brave in one way; and moral courage, which defies all opinion, will make a person brave in another.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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

Smith, Sydney

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Don't foul, don't flinch. Hit the line hard.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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

Hudson, William Henry

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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

May, Rollo

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

Worsham, James A.

39.

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

40.

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

Churchill, Winston

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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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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Johnson, Samuel

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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.