271 quotes about Courage



Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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.
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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.
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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.
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Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
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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.
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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.
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It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.
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Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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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.
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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
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The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
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Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
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The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.
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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.
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Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.
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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
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Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
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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.
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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]
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Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. [Ephesians 6:10]
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I can do all things through him who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:13]
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With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. [Psalms 18:29]
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But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ 2 Chronicles 15:7]
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Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. [Joshua 1:9]
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The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
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You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.
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Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
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Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.
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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.
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A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
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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.
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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,
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There's no substitute for guts.
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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.
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Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
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Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .
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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.
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The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.
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I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.
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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.
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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.
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Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.
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Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
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Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.
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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
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This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.
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No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.
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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.
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A man of courage is also full of faith.
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Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.
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True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
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Physical courage, which engages all danger, will make a person brave in one way; and moral courage, which defies all opinion, will make a person brave in another.
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Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.
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The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
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It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.
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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.
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It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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You have to be tough.
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Courage follows action.
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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear.
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Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.
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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!
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To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.
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The ideas that have lighted my way and, time after time, have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.
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Success is never final and failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
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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.
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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.