Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Hudson, William Henry

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.

Stockman, Ralph W.

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

I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.

Carroll, Lewis

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

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Allen, James

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

Weininger, Ben

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

Plutarch

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Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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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

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

Petit-Senn, John

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Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.

Smith, Donald

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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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

Bradley, Omar

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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca

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

Worsham, James A.

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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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What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Rodman, Frances

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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Gogh, Vincent Van

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

Anouilh, Jean

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Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Lao-Tzu

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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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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

Johnson, Samuel

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Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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The real acid test of courage is to be just your honest self when everybody is trying to be like somebody else.

Jensen, Andrew

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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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Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Greville, Lord

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

Mark Twain

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Most of the high spots in our lives come about through encouragement. I don't care how great, how famous, how successful a man may be, he hungers for applause.

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The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

Madwed, Sidney

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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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A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

Brown, Les

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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

E. M. Forster

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Let people go all the way if they have got the balls for it.

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Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The more wit the less courage.

Fuller, Thomas