Motivational Quotes

Courage

He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

- Graham, James

Best Quotes about Courage

Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

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.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Plutarch

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.

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

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

10.

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

11.

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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Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Thomas Fuller

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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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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Bombeck, Erma

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

Smith, Sydney

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

18.

Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .

Caddy, Eileen

19.

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

Bible

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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Beaton, Sir Cecil

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Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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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 conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Ovid

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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Richter, Jean Paul

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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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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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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Seneca

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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The ideas that have lighted my way and, time after time, have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.

Einstein, Albert

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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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No more turning away from the weak and the weary. No more turning away from the coldness inside. Just a world that we all must share. It's not enough just to stand and stare. Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away.

Gilmore, David

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

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You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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

Voltaire

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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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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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Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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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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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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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