Motivational Quotes

Courage

The real acid test of courage is to be just your honest self when everybody is trying to be like somebody else.

- Jensen, Andrew

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.

Johnson, John

Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.

Ben-Gurion, David

A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

Jackson, Andrew

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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You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear.

Earhart, Amelia

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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 and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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Life becomes real only when we begin to face and solve our own problems. Until then we only swim in circles in a large fantasy world which tends to make us very tired of living. Don't waste energy! Face life now!

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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Taylor, Elizabeth

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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

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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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Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. [Ephesians 6:10]

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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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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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

Mark Twain

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

Ovid

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

Weininger, Ben

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

Horace

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Gallantry to women -- the sure road to their favor -- is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.

Hazlitt, William

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

Bradley, Omar

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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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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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Courage is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.

Shoemaker, Willie

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

Petit-Senn, John

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

Gogh, Vincent Van

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I am convinced that one of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.

Worsham, James A.

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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

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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Thomson, James

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Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Disney, Walt

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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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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Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

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

Mignon McLaughlin

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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