Quotes about courage

"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."

Bovee, Christian Nevell on courage   

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

Bradbury, Ray on courage
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"Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death."

Bradley, Omar on courage
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"Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid."

Brande, Dorothea on courage   

"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 on courage
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"A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die."

Brown, Les on courage
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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 on courage
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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 on courage   

"There's no substitute for guts."

Bryant, Bear on courage   

"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 on courage   

"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar."

Byrant, Mary on courage
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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 ."

Caddy, Eileen on courage   

"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 on courage   

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

Carlyle, Thomas on courage   

"Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed."

Carnegie, Dale on courage
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"You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you."

Carnegie, Dale on courage   

"I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache."

Carroll, Lewis on courage
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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 on courage
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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."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on 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. on courage
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"Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on courage
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"Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on courage   

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

Churchill, Winston on courage
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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."

Churchill, Winston on courage   

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

Churchill, Winston on courage
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"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure."

Churchill, Winston on courage
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"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."

Churchill, Winston on courage
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"Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend."

Churchill, Winston on courage
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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."

Cicero, Marcus T. on courage
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"It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances."

Cicero, Marcus T. on courage   

"A man of courage is also full of faith."

Cicero, Marcus T. on courage   

"Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience."

Clarke, James Freeman on courage   

"Have the courage to live. Anyone can die."

Cody, Robert on courage   

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

Collier, Jeremy on courage   

"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."

Colton, Charles Caleb on courage   

"Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it."

Conrad, Joseph on courage
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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."

Coubertin, Baron Pierre De on courage
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"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are."

Cummings, E.E. (Edward. E.) on courage
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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 on courage
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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."

DeVos, Richard M. on courage
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