Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Eco, Umberto

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Ellinger, Jules

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

Eco, Umberto

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

DeVos, Richard M.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Johnson, Samuel

Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Corra Harris

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One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

12.

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

Menander of Athens

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Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

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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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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Ovid

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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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It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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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.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Carroll, Lewis

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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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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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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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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

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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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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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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

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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

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If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

34.

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

Luther, Martin

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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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

Proverb

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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Adler, Freda

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

Anouilh, Jean

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The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

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

Worsham, James A.

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'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

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'Tis much he dares; and, to that dauntless temper of his mind, he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety.

William Shakespeare

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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

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We must have the courage to allow a little disorder in our lives.

Weininger, Ben

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Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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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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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.