Courage Quotes

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.

Albert Einstein

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The most essential factor is persistence - The determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

James Whitcomb Riley

Without justice courage is weak.

Benjamin Franklin

Courage is not afraid to weep, and she is not afraid to pray, even when she is not sure who she is praying to.

Black Hawk

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

Susan Taylo

Success is not final, failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts.

Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Thomas Fulle

We must have the courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

Maxwell Maltz

I have three treasures. Guard and keep them The first is deep love, The second is frugality, And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world. Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

Lao Tzu

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Jean Paul Richte

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Jean Paul Friedrich Richte

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.

William Ellery Channing

Most affections are habits or duties we lack the courage to end.

Henri de Montherlant

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

Seneca

Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.

Vicki Baum

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.

Amelia Earhart

One of the many ways of managing peers is to knock them down so heavily, whenever we find them on their wrong foot, that they loose the courage of raising their voice when we are wrong.

B. J. Gupta

A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.

Sir James Glove

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

Joseph Addison

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.

Unknown

Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.

Brian Adams

Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Wendell Phillips

Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble... for the Lord, your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.

Bible, Deuteronomy 31: 6 NAS

Success is that old ABC - - Ability, breaks, and courage.

Charles Luckman

I do not ask to walk smooth paths nor bear an easy load. I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock strewn road. Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone, And transform every stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Gale Brook Burket

We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage, and determination to succeed.

Rosalind Sussman Yalow

An intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - - And a lot of courage - - To move in the opposite direction.

Hoshang N. Akhta

Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.

Julian Weber Gordon

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - - And a lot of courage - - To move in the opposite direction.

E. F. Schumache

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

Joe Darion, "The Impossible Dream".

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.

David Ben - Gurion

I believe that I shall see the bounty of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord with courage be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord.

Psalm 27 13 - 14 Bible

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.

Unknown

Knowing that I am not the one in control gives great encouragement. Knowing the One who is in control is everything.

Alexander Michael

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

Maya Angelou

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

William Ellery Channing

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.

Mary Anne Radmache

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Charlie Chaplin