Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Greville, Lord

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Petit-Senn, John

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. [Proverbs 28:1]

Bible

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Richter, Jean Paul

It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

James, William

11.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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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

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The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

Battista, D.A.

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Churchill, Winston

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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

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

19.

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

Young, Owen D.

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Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.

21.

Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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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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'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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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

25.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

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It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the ranks of the living; but it does not follow from this that every huckster who is fattened and nourished in self-confidence has more courage than the man who yielded to despair.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

Bible

30.

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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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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It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Nin, Anais

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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

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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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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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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie

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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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'Tis much he dares; and, to that dauntless temper of his mind, he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety.

William Shakespeare

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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

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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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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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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

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

Ellinger, Jules

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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert