Motivational Quotes

Courage

Fortune helps the brave.

- Terence

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Greville, Lord

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Rodman, Frances

But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]

Bible

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Plutarch

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

Barton, Bruce

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

Thomson, James

You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

Petit-Senn, John

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It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.

Valois, Margaret

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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

William Shakespeare

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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Beaton, Sir Cecil

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

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It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we think of Moses today if when it was time to part the red sea, he had said Why don't you guys go build a bridge?

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

Collier, Jeremy

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

Zapata, Emiliano

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

Ovid

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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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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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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Wealth lost is something lost, honor lost is something lost: Courage lost all is lost.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Kennedy, John F.

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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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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Adler, Freda

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

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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Churchill, Winston

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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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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

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Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them. [2 Kings 6:16]

Bible

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

Lewis, Sinclair

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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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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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It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

DeVos, Richard M.

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

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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Flaubert, Gustave

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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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Most of the high spots in our lives come about through encouragement. I don't care how great, how famous, how successful a man may be, he hungers for applause.

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose