Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- John Quincy Adams

Best Quotes about Courage

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

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

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

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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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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

12.

But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]

Bible

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

Valois, Margaret

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What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes.

Hugo, Victor

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Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

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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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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

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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

Harold Wilson

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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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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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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Twain, Mark

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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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There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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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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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Mark Twain

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One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale

Blavatsky, Helena Petrova

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You cannot fly like an eagle with wings of a wren.

Hudson, William Henry

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Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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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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No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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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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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Disney, Walt

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

Euripides

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

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With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. [Psalms 18:29]

Bible

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

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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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