Motivational Quotes

Courage

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.

- Ben-Gurion, David

Best Quotes about Courage

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.

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

Hudson, William Henry

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

Plutarch

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Kennedy, John F.

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.

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

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

Bradley, Omar

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.

Ben-Gurion, David

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

Worsham, James A.

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

Karr, Alphonse

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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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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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The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Carlyle, Thomas

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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Anouilh, Jean

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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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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

Edison, Thomas A.

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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander

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

Horace

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

Bible

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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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True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Collier, Jeremy

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

Churchill, Winston

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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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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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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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No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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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's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Twain, Mark

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Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Hunter, Howard W.

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True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca

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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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If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

Bethune, Mary Mcleod

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

King, Basil

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

Twain, Mark

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I've been through it all, baby. I'm Mother Courage.

Taylor, Elizabeth

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

Cicero

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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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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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 fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Disney, Walt

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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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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