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

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

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Taylor, Elizabeth

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Whitehead, Alfred North

I am convinced that one of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.

Worsham, James A.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Landers, Ann

You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

E. M. Forster

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Bernanos, Georges

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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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Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

Gilder, Richard Watson

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Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, Trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust in God, and do the right.

Macleod, Norman

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Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Rodman, Frances

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What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

King, Basil

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

Clare Booth Luce

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Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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

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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao-Tzu

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If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

Bethune, Mary Mcleod

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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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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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The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.

Stockman, Ralph W.

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I dare to do all that may become a man: who dares do more is none.

Shakespeare, William

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No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Pollock, Channing

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It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

DeVos, Richard M.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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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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A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.

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Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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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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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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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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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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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

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Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David