Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

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

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

Plutarch

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

Physical courage, which engages all danger, will make a person brave in one way; and moral courage, which defies all opinion, will make a person brave in another.

Colton, Charles Caleb

Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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

Collier, Jeremy

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts ;in a uniform manner.

Addison, Joseph

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Carnegie, Dale

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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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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We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

E. M. Forster

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

Sherman, William T.

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

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I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.

Burke, Edmund

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Plutarch

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

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Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

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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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Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, ;and the wisdom to know one from the other.

Hart, Oliver J.

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

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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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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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

Smith, Sydney

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If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Landers, Ann

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

Churchill, Winston

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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

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Seneca

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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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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.