Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

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

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

Bradley, Omar

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

Shaw, George Bernard

It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Lee, Harper

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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

Weininger, Ben

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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

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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

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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.

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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

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

Ellinger, Jules

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No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Pollock, Channing

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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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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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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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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

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

Luther, Martin

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

Kirby Larson

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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

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.

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

Taylor, Bayard

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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.

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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Petit-Senn, John

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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

Ovid

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

Voltaire

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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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Bible

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

Eco, Umberto

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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No one reaches a high position without daring.