Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Gogh, Vincent Van

Best Quotes about Courage

I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.

Burke, Edmund

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Taylor, Elizabeth

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

Forbes, B. C.

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

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Flaubert, Gustave

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

One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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

Smith, Sydney

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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.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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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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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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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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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Greville, Lord

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The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.

Stockman, Ralph W.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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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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Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Hill, Aaron

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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 is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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

Bible

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The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

Horace

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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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Though the practice of chivalry fell even more sadly short of its theoretic standard than practice generally falls below theory, it remains one of the most precious monuments of the moral history of our race, as a remarkable instance of a concerted and organized attempt by a most disorganized and distracted society, to raise up and carry into practice a moral ideal greatly in advance of its social condition and institutions; so much so as to have been completely frustrated in the main object, yet never entirely inefficacious, and which has left a most sensible, and for the most part a highly valuable impress on the ideas and feelings of all subsequent times.

Mill, John Stuart

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What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Seabury, David

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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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

Cicero

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Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

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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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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts ;in a uniform manner.

Addison, Joseph

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You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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

King, Basil

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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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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!

Luther, Martin