Motivational Quotes

Courage

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

- Lindbergh, Charles A.

Best Quotes about Courage

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Hazlitt, William

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

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, Trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust in God, and do the right.

Macleod, Norman

You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

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

John Quincy Adams

It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way that is not easy.

Aristotle

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

Eco, Umberto

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No fact of human nature is more characteristic that its willingness to live on a chance.

12.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Plutarch

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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

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

Taylor, Elizabeth

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

Cicero

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

Worsham, James A.

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

Lindbergh, Charles A.

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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Homer

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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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There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes.

Hugo, Victor

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

Plaut

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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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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Proverb

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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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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

Gissing, George Robert

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

Monson, Thomas S.

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

Mark Twain

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Twain, Mark

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

Weininger, Ben

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Gallantry to women -- the sure road to their favor -- is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.

Hazlitt, William

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca

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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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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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It takes vision and courage to create -- it takes faith and courage to prove.

Young, Owen D.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Churchill, Winston

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Be larger than your task.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.

King, Basil