Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

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

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

Shakespeare, William

With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. [Psalms 18:29]

Bible

The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

Battista, D.A.

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

Churchill, Winston

Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termites.

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

One who lacks courage to start has already finished

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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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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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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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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 wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. [Proverbs 28:1]

Bible

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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Johnson, Samuel

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No one reaches a high position without daring.

Syrus, Publilius

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Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Seabury, David

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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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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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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Corra Harris

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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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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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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao-Tzu

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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Beaton, Sir Cecil

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But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]

Bible

28.

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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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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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

May, Rollo

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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Stone, W. Clement

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

King, Basil

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You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Petit-Senn, John

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There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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

Shakespeare, William

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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Lee, Harper

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You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Konrad, George

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Hugo, Victor

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

Horace

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What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fuller

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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 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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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Cody, Robert

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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Ovid

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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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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

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

Roosevelt, Theodore