Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Shaw, George Bernard

Best Quotes about Courage

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

Shakespeare, William

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

Anouilh, Jean

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

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

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

Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Greville, Lord

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

10.

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

11.

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

Bible

12.

It's better to be a lion for a day, than a sheep all your life.

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

13.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Sidney, Sir Philip

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

King Jr. Martin Luther

17.

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

Thomson, James

18.

Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

James, William

19.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

20.

The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

21.

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

Cicero

22.

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

Luther, Martin

23.

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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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

25.

Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termites.

26.

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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Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

28.

The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.

Stockman, Ralph W.

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Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

30.

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

Thomas Fuller

31.

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Cicero, Marcus T.

32.

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

33.

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

Nair, Keshavan

34.

Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

35.

Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

36.

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

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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

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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear.

Earhart, Amelia

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

Plaut

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Churchill, Winston

42.

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

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

44.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

King, Basil

46.

Life becomes real only when we begin to face and solve our own problems. Until then we only swim in circles in a large fantasy world which tends to make us very tired of living. Don't waste energy! Face life now!

47.

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

Anouilh, Jean

48.

What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

49.

I've been through it all, baby. I'm Mother Courage.

Taylor, Elizabeth

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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel