Motivational Quotes

Courage

'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

Best Quotes about Courage

I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

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

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Twain, Mark

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Plaut

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

Morris, Lewis

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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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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

12.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

Menander of Athens

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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas

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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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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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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Disney, Walt

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

Ellinger, Jules

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A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

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

Adler, Freda

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

Bible

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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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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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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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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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

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Mark Twain

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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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Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.

Tyger, Frank

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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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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

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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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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Jean Paul Richter

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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.

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Part of courage is simple consistency.

Noonan, Peggy

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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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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Bernanos, Georges

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If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

Lawana Blackwell

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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Mark Twain

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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

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

Luther, Martin

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

Thomson, James

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