Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Pollock, Channing

Best Quotes about Courage

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Plutarch

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

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.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

10.

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

11.

Don't foul, don't flinch. Hit the line hard.

Roosevelt, Theodore

12.

'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

13.

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

Thomas Fuller

14.

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

Smith, Sydney

15.

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

Bible

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.

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

18.

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

Weininger, Ben

19.

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

20.

The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!

Luce, Timothy

21.

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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Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

23.

It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

24.

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

25.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

26.

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

Carnegie, Dale

27.

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.

28.

What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

29.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts ;in a uniform manner.

Addison, Joseph

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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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

Kirby Larson

32.

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

Corra Harris

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Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... even surmount the crisis completely and turn it into an opportunity. Refuse to renounce your self-image. No matter what happens, you must keep your good opinion of yourself. No matter what happens, you must hold your past successes in your imagination, ready for showing in the motion picture screen of your mind. No matter what happens, no matter what you lose, no matter what failures you must endure, you must keep faith in yourself. Then you can stand up to crises, with calm and courage, refusing to buckle; then you will not fall through the floor. You will be able to support yourself.

Maltz, Maxwell

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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

35.

We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.

36.

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

37.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

38.

I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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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]

Bible

40.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

41.

Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

42.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

43.

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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When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

William Shakespeare

45.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

46.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca

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Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

Barton, Bruce

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

Mignon McLaughlin

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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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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