Motivational Quotes

Courage

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

- Morris, Lewis

Best Quotes about Courage

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Anouilh, Jean

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Corra Harris

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.

Brown, Les

Wealth lost is something lost, honor lost is something lost: Courage lost all is lost.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Plaut

Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Greville, Lord

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Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

11.

Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

12.

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

Kirby Larson

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

14.

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

Evans, Richard L.

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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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.

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Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Harold Wilson

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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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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Petit-Senn, John

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

Einstein, Albert

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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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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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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

King, Basil

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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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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

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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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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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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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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 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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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Jean Paul Richter

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

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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Flaubert, Gustave

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

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Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!

Luther, Martin

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

Anouilh, Jean

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

Waitley, Denis

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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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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