Motivational Quotes

Courage

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

- John Quincy Adams

Best Quotes about Courage

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

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

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Disney, Walt

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

Proverb

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Cervantes, Miguel De

Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.

Tyger, Frank

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.

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

Lao-Tzu

10.

The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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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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Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

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

Anouilh, Jean

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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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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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If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more daring.

Karr, Alphonse

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

Gogh, Vincent Van

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It's better to be a lion for a day, than a sheep all your life.

Kenny, Sister Elizabeth

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

Corra Harris

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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

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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

Jackson, Andrew

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No more turning away from the weak and the weary. No more turning away from the coldness inside. Just a world that we all must share. It's not enough just to stand and stare. Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away.

Gilmore, David

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If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

Bethune, Mary Mcleod

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

Seneca

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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

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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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?

32.

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

Bible

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Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

Zapata, Emiliano

34.

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

Edison, Thomas A.

35.

Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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

Mark Twain

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

Johnson, Samuel

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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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 fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Ovid

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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

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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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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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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