Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Johnson, Lyndon B.

Best Quotes about Courage

Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

Zapata, Emiliano

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

Barton, Bruce

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

King, Basil

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

Smith, Sydney

Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termites.

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?

I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Churchill, Winston

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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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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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Kennedy, John F.

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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.

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What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.

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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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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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Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Allen, James

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A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

Brown, Les

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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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

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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

May, Rollo

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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Ovid

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Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Churchill, Winston

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Cicero

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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Ovid

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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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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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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Adler, Freda

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

William Shakespeare

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Let people go all the way if they have got the balls for it.

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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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Some have been thought brave because they didn't have the courage to run away.

Proverb

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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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If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more daring.

Karr, Alphonse

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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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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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

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