Motivational Quotes

Courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Courage

The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

Madwed, Sidney

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Twain, Mark

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Johnson, Samuel

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

10.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Churchill, Winston

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Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.

Tyger, Frank

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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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Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

14.

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

Gogh, Vincent Van

15.

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

Cicero

16.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale

Blavatsky, Helena Petrova

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It's better to be a lion for a day, than a sheep all your life.

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

19.

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

Evans, Richard L.

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Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Corra Harris

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It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we think of Moses today if when it was time to part the red sea, he had said Why don't you guys go build a bridge?

24.

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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A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Sidney, Sir Philip

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

Bible

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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I dare to do all that may become a man: who dares do more is none.

Shakespeare, William

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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

Aristotle

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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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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

33.

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

Voltaire

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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

35.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.

Carnegie, Dale

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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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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

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

41.

The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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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

43.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

King Jr. Martin Luther

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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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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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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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I've been through it all, baby. I'm Mother Courage.

Taylor, Elizabeth

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It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Nin, Anais