Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Lewis, Sinclair

Best Quotes about Courage

1.

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

King, Basil

2.

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

3.

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

4.

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?

5.

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

Shakespeare, William

6.

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

7.

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.

8.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

9.

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

10.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Waitley, Denis

11.

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

12.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

13.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

14.

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

Aristotle

15.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

16.

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

17.

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

18.

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. [Proverbs 28:1]

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19.

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

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20.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

Shaw, George Bernard

21.

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

22.

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

Young, Owen D.

23.

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

24.

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

Brown, Les

25.

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

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26.

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

27.

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

Petit-Senn, John

28.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Clare Booth Luce

29.

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

Lindbergh, Charles A.

30.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

31.

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

32.

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

33.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Richter, Jean Paul

34.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

35.

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

Jensen, Andrew

36.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

37.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Hazlitt, William

38.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Evans, Richard L.

39.

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

Monson, Thomas S.

40.

It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

41.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

42.

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

43.

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

Taylor, Elizabeth

44.

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

Kirby Larson

45.

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]

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46.

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

Valois, Margaret

47.

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

48.

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

49.

The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

Battista, D.A.

50.

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