Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- William Shakespeare

Best Quotes about 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.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

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

It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Nin, Anais

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

Plutarch

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

Petit-Senn, John

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

Horace

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Hazlitt, William

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

Cicero

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Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

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

Weininger, Ben

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

Karr, Alphonse

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

Plaut

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

Valois, Margaret

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

Twain, Mark

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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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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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

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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way that is not easy.

Aristotle

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Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... even surmount the crisis completely and turn it into an opportunity. Refuse to renounce your self-image. No matter what happens, you must keep your good opinion of yourself. No matter what happens, you must hold your past successes in your imagination, ready for showing in the motion picture screen of your mind. No matter what happens, no matter what you lose, no matter what failures you must endure, you must keep faith in yourself. Then you can stand up to crises, with calm and courage, refusing to buckle; then you will not fall through the floor. You will be able to support yourself.

Maltz, Maxwell

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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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One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.

Shoemaker, Willie

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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie

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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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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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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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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.

Forrestal, James V.

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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To boldly go where no man has gone before.

TV series, Star Trek

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Anouilh, Jean

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You cannot fly like an eagle with wings of a wren.

Hudson, William Henry

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Be larger than your task.