Motivational Quotes

Courage

Fortune favors the brave.

- Virgil

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Bible

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

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

Karr, Alphonse

You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

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

Bible

There's no substitute for guts.

Bryant, Bear

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

You have to be tough.

Ditka, Mike

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

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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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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

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Collier, Jeremy

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Churchill, Winston

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The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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Fortune helps the brave.

Terence

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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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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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 and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Anouilh, Jean

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When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

William Shakespeare

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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Horace

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Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

Summers, David

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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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A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

Gilder, Richard Watson

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

Plaut

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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Nin, Anais

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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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Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Waitley, Denis

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The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!

Luce, Timothy

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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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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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

Weininger, Ben

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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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

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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

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Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, ;and the wisdom to know one from the other.

Hart, Oliver J.

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

Teresa of Avila, St.

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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Flaubert, Gustave

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True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

Rosten, Leo