Motivational Quotes

Courage

As for courage and will -- we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

- Norton, Andre

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Anouilh, Jean

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

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

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

Johnson, John

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Ovid

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

Jean Paul Richter

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.

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

10.

'Tis much he dares; and, to that dauntless temper of his mind, he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety.

William Shakespeare

11.

Though the practice of chivalry fell even more sadly short of its theoretic standard than practice generally falls below theory, it remains one of the most precious monuments of the moral history of our race, as a remarkable instance of a concerted and organized attempt by a most disorganized and distracted society, to raise up and carry into practice a moral ideal greatly in advance of its social condition and institutions; so much so as to have been completely frustrated in the main object, yet never entirely inefficacious, and which has left a most sensible, and for the most part a highly valuable impress on the ideas and feelings of all subsequent times.

Mill, John Stuart

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

Collier, Jeremy

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

Anouilh, Jean

15.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

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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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Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Eco, Umberto

18.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

Johnson, Samuel

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There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are.

Trungpa, Chogyam

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Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world ;is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle-the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your ;conscience on the other.

Macarthur, Douglas

21.

You cannot fly like an eagle with wings of a wren.

Hudson, William Henry

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Disney, Walt

24.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

25.

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

28.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Seneca

29.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

30.

Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them. [2 Kings 6:16]

Bible

31.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

32.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Churchill, Winston

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Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.

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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

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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Corra Harris

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

Lewis, Sinclair

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

Smith, Sydney

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

Lindbergh, Charles A.

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But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]