Motivational Quotes

Courage

It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

- Regnard, Jean Francois

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Worsham, James A.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Petit-Senn, John

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

Mignon McLaughlin

'Tis much he dares; and, to that dauntless temper of his mind, he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety.

William Shakespeare

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca

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

But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]

Bible

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

10.

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.

11.

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

Lindbergh, Charles A.

12.

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

13.

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Churchill, Winston

14.

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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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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Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Sherman, William T.

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

Anouilh, Jean

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Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Hill, Aaron

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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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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.

21.

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

Collier, Jeremy

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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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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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?

25.

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

Proverb

26.

The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

Battista, D.A.

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Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Clare Booth Luce

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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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Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

30.

Wealth lost is something lost, honor lost is something lost: Courage lost all is lost.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

31.

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

Johnson, John

32.

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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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie

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All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.

Carlson, Curtis

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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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The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

Madwed, Sidney

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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 and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Seabury, David

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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

40.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Evans, Richard L.

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Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.

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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

Taylor, Bayard

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

Greville, Lord

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We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.

47.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Voltaire

49.

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

Young, Owen D.

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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