Courage Quotes
Courage is found in unlikely places.J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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 not to be feared.David Ben - Gurion
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.Robert South
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.Herbert Kaufman
Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.Vicki Baum
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.Aristotle
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.Robert Albert Bloch
Courage is the capacity to comfront what can be imagined....Leo C. Rosten
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... it takes a touch of genius - - And a lot of courage - - To move in the opposite direction.Albert Einstein
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.Carl Hermann Voss
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.Henri - Frederic Amiel
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.Napoleon Bonaparte
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority the test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.Ralph W. Sockman
We live by encouragement and die without it - - Slowly, sadly, angrily.Celeste Holm
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything.Vincent Van Gogh
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.George Burton Adams
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.Andr Gide
The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.Theodore Roosevelt
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.Erica Jong
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.Thucydides
It used to take courage - - Indeed, it was the act of courage par excellence - - To leave the comforts of home and family and go out into the world seeking adventure. Today there are fewer places to discover, and the real adventure is to stay at home.Alvaro de Solva
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.Sir William Arthu
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.Seneca
Our institutions and values are in jeopardy as the mores of the market pervade all social life in this country. Loyalty, honesty, courage, discipline, patriotism, and commitment to family are being crowded out by the goals and rules of economic rationality - - Do whatever makes the most money.Barry Schwartz
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.Harry S Truman
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.Daniel Boorstin
It is about a socialist, anti - Family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.Pat Robertson, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1993
The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.John Updike
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
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.Albert Einstein
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.Ralph W. Sockman
This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.Euripides
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
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
A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.Sir Walter Besant
Strength, courage and power do not exclude kindness, understanding and consideration. You can be strong and kind; you can be courageous and understanding; you can be powerful and considerate.Linda R. Dominguez, How to Shine at Work, (McGraw - Hill)
