Motivational Quotes

Courage

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

- La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Horace

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Seabury, David

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

John Wayne

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

Ovid

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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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Father, may these people have the vision to see, the faith to accept the truth, the courage to stand by that which they know is right.

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A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Sidney, Sir Philip

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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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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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It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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

Anouilh, Jean

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

Johnson, John

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

Weininger, Ben

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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

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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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Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

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

Smith, Sydney

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There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Lewis, Sinclair

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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Jensen, Andrew

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Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

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

Euripides

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

Ellinger, Jules

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The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

Madwed, Sidney

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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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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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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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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?

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

Kirby Larson

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I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.

Carroll, Lewis

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

Churchill, Winston