Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Sherman, William T.

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Lewis, Sinclair

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Bible

You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more daring.

Karr, Alphonse

10.

No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Cicero, Marcus T.

11.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Richter, Jean Paul

12.

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

13.

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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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

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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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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

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

Stockman, Ralph W.

19.

The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

Madwed, Sidney

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

Gogh, Vincent Van

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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

Harold Wilson

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Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.

Ben-Gurion, David

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

24.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. [Ephesians 6:10]

Bible

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Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Kennedy, Robert F.

26.

Some have been thought brave because they didn't have the courage to run away.

Proverb

27.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Evans, Richard L.

28.

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

29.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,

Browning, Robert

30.

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

Weininger, Ben

31.

He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

Graham, James

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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

34.

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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

Bradley, Omar

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

Smith, Sydney

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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

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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale

Blavatsky, Helena Petrova

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

Churchill, Winston

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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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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

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes.

Hugo, Victor

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

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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

49.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon