Motivational Quotes

Courage

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

- Chesterton, Gilbert K.

Best Quotes about Courage

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

Thomson, James

'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

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Seneca

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Johnson, Samuel

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Lewis, Sinclair

Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

Brande, Dorothea

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Augustine, St.

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

Ellinger, Jules

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

10.

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.

11.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

Richter, Jean Paul

12.

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

Anouilh, Jean

13.

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

14.

I am more important than my problems.

Ferrer, Jose

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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Johnson, Samuel

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Courage follows action.

Douglas, Mack R.

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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Adler, Freda

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The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. [Proverbs 28:1]

Bible

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Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

James, William

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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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Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.

Shoemaker, Willie

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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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You cannot fly like an eagle with wings of a wren.

Hudson, William Henry

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

Petit-Senn, John

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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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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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When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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

Bible

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

Twain, Mark

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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

E. M. Forster

33.

What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

34.

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

Mignon McLaughlin

35.

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

36.

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

Proverb

37.

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Churchill, Winston

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

39.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Ovid

40.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

41.

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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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

43.

It is in great dangers that we see great courage.

Regnard, Jean Francois

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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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A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

46.

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.

47.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Thomas Fuller

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Churchill, Winston

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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Ovid

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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