Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .

Caddy, Eileen

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:13]

Bible

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

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

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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

10.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

11.

All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.

Carlson, Curtis

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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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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Gogh, Vincent Van

15.

The real acid test of courage is to be just your honest self when everybody is trying to be like somebody else.

Jensen, Andrew

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

18.

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

Bradley, Omar

19.

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

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Most of the high spots in our lives come about through encouragement. I don't care how great, how famous, how successful a man may be, he hungers for applause.

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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

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

24.

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

Worsham, James A.

25.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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

Menander of Athens

27.

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

Cicero

28.

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

Eco, Umberto

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Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Konrad, George

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It takes vision and courage to create -- it takes faith and courage to prove.

Young, Owen D.

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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

34.

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

35.

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

36.

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

Battista, D.A.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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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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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Plutarch

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With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

Nair, Keshavan

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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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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

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

Petit-Senn, John

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

E. M. Forster

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

Bible

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Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

James, William

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No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Shakespeare, William