Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Richter, Jean Paul

Best Quotes about Courage

1.

I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Spender, Stephen

2.

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

Worsham, James A.

3.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

4.

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

Gissing, George Robert

5.

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

6.

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

Seneca

7.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

8.

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

Joel, Billy

9.

No fact of human nature is more characteristic that its willingness to live on a chance.

10.

He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

Voltaire

11.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Churchill, Winston

12.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

13.

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

Plaut

14.

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.

15.

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

Anouilh, Jean

16.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Twain, Mark

17.

Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

18.

Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

19.

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

20.

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

21.

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

Bernanos, Georges

22.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

23.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Bradley, Omar

24.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Gogh, Vincent Van

25.

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

Bible

26.

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

E. M. Forster

27.

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

28.

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

29.

Courage is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y.

Schuller, Robert H.

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

33.

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

34.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

35.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

36.

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

John Quincy Adams

37.

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

38.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

39.

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.

40.

What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

41.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Bombeck, Erma

42.

It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the ranks of the living; but it does not follow from this that every huckster who is fattened and nourished in self-confidence has more courage than the man who yielded to despair.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

43.

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

44.

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

Cicero

45.

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

Collier, Jeremy

46.

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

47.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.

Twain, Mark

48.

That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

Shakespeare, William

49.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

Stone, W. Clement

50.

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

Clare Booth Luce