Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

I dare to do all that may become a man: who dares do more is none.

Shakespeare, William

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Hudson, William Henry

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

Bible

One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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

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

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One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,

Browning, Robert

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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

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He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

Graham, James

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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of crackpot than the stigma of conformity.

Watson, Thomas J.

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As for courage and will -- we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

Norton, Andre

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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Ovid

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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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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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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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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

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

Mark Twain

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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

Harold Wilson

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Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them. [2 Kings 6:16]

Bible

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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

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When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Though the practice of chivalry fell even more sadly short of its theoretic standard than practice generally falls below theory, it remains one of the most precious monuments of the moral history of our race, as a remarkable instance of a concerted and organized attempt by a most disorganized and distracted society, to raise up and carry into practice a moral ideal greatly in advance of its social condition and institutions; so much so as to have been completely frustrated in the main object, yet never entirely inefficacious, and which has left a most sensible, and for the most part a highly valuable impress on the ideas and feelings of all subsequent times.

Mill, John Stuart

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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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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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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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It takes vision and courage to create -- it takes faith and courage to prove.

Young, Owen D.

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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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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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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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There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes.

Hugo, Victor

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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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It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we think of Moses today if when it was time to part the red sea, he had said Why don't you guys go build a bridge?

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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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I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Spender, Stephen

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

Anouilh, Jean

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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Valois, Margaret

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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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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo

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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

Arthur, William

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

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

Joel, Billy