Motivational Quotes

Courage

I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.

- Johnson, John

Best Quotes about Courage

Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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

Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

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.

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

DeVos, Richard M.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Success is never final and failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Ellinger, Jules

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

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

Nair, Keshavan

10.

It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the ranks of the living; but it does not follow from this that every huckster who is fattened and nourished in self-confidence has more courage than the man who yielded to despair.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

John Wayne

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

Karr, Alphonse

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

Collier, Jeremy

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No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Pollock, Channing

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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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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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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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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

20.

It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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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

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To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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

24.

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

Proverb

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Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. [Ephesians 6:10]

Bible

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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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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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I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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

Petit-Senn, John

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

Bradley, Omar

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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

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

Euripides

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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

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He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

Graham, James

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This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Churchill, Winston

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I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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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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I can do all things through him who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:13]

Bible

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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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

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He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

Voltaire