Motivational Quotes

Courage

The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

- Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

Best Quotes about Courage

1.

With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. [Psalms 18:29]

Bible

2.

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

3.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

4.

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

Collier, Jeremy

5.

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

Gogh, Vincent Van

6.

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

7.

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

Plutarch

8.

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

Kirby Larson

9.

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

10.

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

Bible

11.

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.

12.

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

13.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Monson, Thomas S.

14.

Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .

Caddy, Eileen

15.

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

Bradley, Omar

16.

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

Smith, Sydney

17.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

18.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

Thomson, James

22.

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

Corra Harris

23.

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

24.

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

Ovid

25.

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Churchill, Winston

26.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Lewis, C. S.

27.

You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Konrad, George

28.

You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

29.

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

Voltaire

30.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

Jackson, Andrew

31.

Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

32.

I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

33.

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

34.

Let people go all the way if they have got the balls for it.

35.

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

Forbes, B. C.

36.

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

37.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

38.

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

39.

Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

40.

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

William Shakespeare

41.

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

42.

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

Lao-Tzu

43.

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie

44.

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

Eco, Umberto

45.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

Richter, Jean Paul

46.

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

47.

You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.

Carnegie, Dale

48.

It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Nin, Anais

49.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

50.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

King Jr. Martin Luther