Motivational Quotes

Courage

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.

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Greville, Lord

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.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Zapata, Emiliano

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Mignon McLaughlin

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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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The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!

Luce, Timothy

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

Anouilh, Jean

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Ellinger, Jules

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Stone, W. Clement

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, Trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust in God, and do the right.

Macleod, Norman

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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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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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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

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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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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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Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Hugo, Victor

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

Weininger, Ben

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In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.

Valois, Margaret

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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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When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

William Shakespeare

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

Cicero

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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Collier, Jeremy

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Churchill, Winston

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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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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Mark Twain

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

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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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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'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 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

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

Shakespeare, William

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A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

Gilder, Richard Watson

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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.