Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Euripides

Best Quotes about Courage

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

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Cicero, Marcus T.

Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.

King, Basil

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

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Kennedy, John F.

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

Taylor, Elizabeth

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

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

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

Ellinger, Jules

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A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.

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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.

Richter, Jean Paul

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Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, ;and the wisdom to know one from the other.

Hart, Oliver J.

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In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.

Musashi, Miyamoto

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Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

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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.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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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

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

Churchill, Winston

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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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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

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Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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

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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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Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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

Menander of Athens

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

Eco, Umberto

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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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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'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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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

Jackson, Andrew

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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

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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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?

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Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

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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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Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.

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It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way that is not easy.

Aristotle

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

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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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You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

Bethune, Mary Mcleod

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

Weininger, Ben

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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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Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Greville, Lord