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

Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Hugo, Victor

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

Success is never final and failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Ellinger, Jules

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

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

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

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

The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

Taylor, Bayard

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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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

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

Collier, Jeremy

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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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

Ovid

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Physical courage, which engages all danger, will make a person brave in one way; and moral courage, which defies all opinion, will make a person brave in another.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

Horace

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No more turning away from the weak and the weary. No more turning away from the coldness inside. Just a world that we all must share. It's not enough just to stand and stare. Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away.

Gilmore, David

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

Plutarch

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If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

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

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You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

Brown, Les

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

Euripides

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

Plaut

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

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

Twain, Mark

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I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.

Brown, Les

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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

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

Corra Harris

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

Luce, Timothy

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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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

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

Bombeck, Erma

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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.

Carlson, Curtis

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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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

Kirby Larson

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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

May, Rollo

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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

Taylor, Elizabeth

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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

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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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