Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Euripides

Best Quotes about Courage

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

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

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

Barton, Bruce

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Menander of Athens

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

Edison, Thomas A.

10.

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.

11.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

12.

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

Tyger, Frank

13.

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

Young, Owen D.

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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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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

16.

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

17.

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

Taylor, Bayard

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Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.

Forrestal, James V.

19.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

May, Rollo

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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.

Brown, Les

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It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

25.

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

26.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Pollock, Channing

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

Bible

28.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

Shaftesbury, Lord

29.

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

Mark Twain

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Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Lewis, C. S.

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

Smith, Sydney

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I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Spender, Stephen

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

Petit-Senn, John

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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

Arthur, William

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Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Waitley, Denis

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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

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

Bradley, Omar

41.

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

Joel, Billy

42.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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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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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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We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Angelis, Barbara De

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Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Monson, Thomas S.

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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

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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Fortune and love favor the brave.