Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Best Quotes about Courage

In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.

Musashi, Miyamoto

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Plutarch

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

Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.

Howard, Vernon

Courage is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

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What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.

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Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.

King, Basil

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

Bible

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Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

James, William

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Cicero

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I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.

Johnson, John

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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 is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Hill, Aaron

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That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

Shakespeare, William

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Don't foul, don't flinch. Hit the line hard.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Disney, Walt

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

Smith, Sydney

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

Weininger, Ben

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It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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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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It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

E. M. Forster

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Worsham, James A.

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

Hudson, William Henry

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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