Motivational Quotes

Courage

Father, may these people have the vision to see, the faith to accept the truth, the courage to stand by that which they know is right.

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Best Quotes about Courage

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

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

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

Thomson, James

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

Luce, Timothy

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

Proverb

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

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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

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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

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

Sherman, William T.

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Angelis, Barbara De

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

William Shakespeare

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The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

Coubertin, Baron Pierre De

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

Thomas Fuller

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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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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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The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Mignon McLaughlin

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You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Konrad, George

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The ideas that have lighted my way and, time after time, have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.

Einstein, Albert

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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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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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

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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Churchill, Winston

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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 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

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Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Lewis, C. S.

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

Smith, Sydney

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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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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

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

Plaut

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

Battista, D.A.

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

Bible

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

Bible

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

Shakespeare, William

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To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.

Einstein, Albert

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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao-Tzu

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

Valois, Margaret

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

Horace

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De