Motivational Quotes

Courage

The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

- Kirby Larson

Best Quotes about Courage

To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.

Einstein, Albert

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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

John Wayne

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

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Voltaire

I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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

Bradley, Omar

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

Twain, Mark

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

Mark Twain

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Stone, W. Clement

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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

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Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

Richter, Jean Paul

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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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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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You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.

Carnegie, Dale

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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Lee, Harper

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Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

Lindbergh, Charles A.

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

Young, Owen D.

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Collier, Jeremy

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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Corra Harris

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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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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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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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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The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

Kirby Larson

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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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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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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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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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If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

Lawana Blackwell

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As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.

Akhenaton

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

Churchill, Winston

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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Bradbury, Ray

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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

Gissing, George Robert

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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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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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

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

Bible

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

Euripides

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

Petit-Senn, John

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

Karr, Alphonse