Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Plaut

Best Quotes about Courage

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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.

2.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

3.

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

Worsham, James A.

4.

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

Luther, Martin

5.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

6.

Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

7.

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

8.

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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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

10.

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

Menander of Athens

11.

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

12.

I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

13.

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

Bible

14.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

Shaftesbury, Lord

15.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Adler, Freda

16.

When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

17.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

18.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

19.

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

20.

'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

21.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Mignon McLaughlin

22.

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

Petit-Senn, John

23.

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

24.

Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, ;and the wisdom to know one from the other.

Hart, Oliver J.

25.

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

Battista, D.A.

26.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:13]

Bible

27.

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

28.

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

John Quincy Adams

29.

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

30.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

31.

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

32.

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

Lindbergh, Charles A.

33.

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

34.

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

Weininger, Ben

35.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Thomas Fuller

36.

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

Lao-Tzu

37.

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

38.

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

Johnson, John

39.

Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

40.

Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

41.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

42.

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Thomson, James

43.

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

44.

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

King, Basil

45.

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

46.

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.

47.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

48.

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

49.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Cicero