Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Twain, Mark

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 is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world ;is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle-the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your ;conscience on the other.

Macarthur, Douglas

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

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

Johnson, Samuel

Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Valois, Margaret

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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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It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

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

Smith, Sydney

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

Shakespeare, William

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Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Shakespeare, William

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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

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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 leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Mignon McLaughlin

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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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Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!

Luther, Martin

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That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

Shakespeare, William

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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Richter, Jean Paul

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Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Monson, Thomas S.

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You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

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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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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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True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

Shaftesbury, Lord

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Ovid

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Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.

Forrestal, James V.

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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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Some have been thought brave because they didn't have the courage to run away.

Proverb

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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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Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

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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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The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Angelis, Barbara De

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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