Motivational Quotes

Courage

You have to be tough.

- Ditka, Mike

Best Quotes about Courage

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

Shaw, George Bernard

Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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

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

Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

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

It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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

10.

Father, may these people have the vision to see, the faith to accept the truth, the courage to stand by that which they know is right.

11.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

12.

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

13.

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

Waitley, Denis

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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

15.

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Anouilh, Jean

16.

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

Worsham, James A.

17.

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

Churchill, Winston

18.

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

Menander of Athens

19.

The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

20.

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

Ovid

21.

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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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

23.

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

24.

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

Marden, Orison Swett

25.

Some have been thought brave because they didn't have the courage to run away.

Proverb

26.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

27.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear.

Earhart, Amelia

28.

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.

29.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Cervantes, Miguel De

30.

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

Mark Twain

31.

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

32.

A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

Gilder, Richard Watson

33.

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

34.

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

35.

As for courage and will -- we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

Norton, Andre

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

Bible

37.

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

Churchill, Winston

38.

With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. [Psalms 18:29]

Bible

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Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Lewis, Sinclair

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Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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]

Bible

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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

43.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Carlyle, Thomas

44.

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

45.

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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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

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If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

Lawana Blackwell

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

Lao-Tzu

49.

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

Shakespeare, William

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