Motivational Quotes

Courage

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

- Eco, Umberto

Best Quotes about 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

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Thomson, James

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Bible

The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!

Luce, Timothy

10.

If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

11.

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

Johnson, Samuel

12.

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

13.

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

14.

The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

Taylor, Bayard

15.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

King Jr. Martin Luther

16.

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

Kirby Larson

17.

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

18.

Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them. [2 Kings 6:16]

Bible

19.

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

20.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

21.

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

Bible

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

Twain, Mark

25.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

26.

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

Churchill, Winston

27.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Evans, Richard L.

28.

It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

29.

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

Mark Twain

30.

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

Sherman, William T.

31.

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

32.

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.

33.

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

34.

No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

35.

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

36.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Hugo, Victor

37.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

38.

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!

39.

Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

40.

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

41.

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

Clare Booth Luce

42.

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

43.

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

44.

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

Smith, Sydney

45.

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

Ellinger, Jules

46.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

Euripides

47.

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

Petit-Senn, John

48.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

49.

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

50.

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