Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

May, Rollo

Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

Lindbergh, Charles A.

I've been through it all, baby. I'm Mother Courage.

Taylor, Elizabeth

Have the courage of your desire.

Gissing, George Robert

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

Worsham, James A.

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

Twain, Mark

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

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Cicero

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

Disney, Walt

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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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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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There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are.

Trungpa, Chogyam

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

Zapata, Emiliano

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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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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Kennedy, John F.

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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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Kierkegaard, S°ren

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If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

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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

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It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Anouilh, Jean

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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Bombeck, Erma

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

Euripides

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

Carnegie, Dale

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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Thomson, James

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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.

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Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Eco, Umberto

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I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.

Brown, Les

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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 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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This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Weininger, Ben

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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

Greville, Lord

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

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Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them. [2 Kings 6:16]

Bible

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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Plaut

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Though the practice of chivalry fell even more sadly short of its theoretic standard than practice generally falls below theory, it remains one of the most precious monuments of the moral history of our race, as a remarkable instance of a concerted and organized attempt by a most disorganized and distracted society, to raise up and carry into practice a moral ideal greatly in advance of its social condition and institutions; so much so as to have been completely frustrated in the main object, yet never entirely inefficacious, and which has left a most sensible, and for the most part a highly valuable impress on the ideas and feelings of all subsequent times.

Mill, John Stuart

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

Plutarch

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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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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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.

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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