Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Valois, Margaret

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Churchill, Winston

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

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.

I am convinced that one of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.

Worsham, James A.

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

Einstein, Albert

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Waitley, Denis

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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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

Bible

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

Evans, Richard L.

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The real acid test of courage is to be just your honest self when everybody is trying to be like somebody else.

Jensen, Andrew

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

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'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

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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Allen, James

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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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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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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

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

Karr, Alphonse

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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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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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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Lewis, Sinclair

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

Plaut

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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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One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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

Plutarch

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Cicero

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

Valois, Margaret

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

Euripides

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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

Joel, Billy

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

Bombeck, Erma

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Bradley, Omar

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.