Courage Quotes
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".
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 knowing what not to fear.Plato
Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.Ruth Gordon
Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage.Agesilaus the Second
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.Abraham Lincoln
Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage - - It can be delightful.George Bernard Shaw
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.Robert Louis Stevenson
Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.Julian Weber Gordon
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.Henri - Frederic Amiel
The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they allow. Bigness means weakness.Eric Sevareid
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.Corra Harris
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding and that there is always tomorrow.Dorothy Thompson
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
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
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.Billy Graham
Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not. knows no release from little things.Amelia Earhart Putnam
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.Ovid
Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.Clare Booth Luce
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
Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a confiding thought, a simple movement of heart towards God will renew our powers. Whatever He may demand of us, He will give us at the moment the strength and the courage that we need.Franois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon
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
Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it sparkles in the setting of modest self - Distrust; and never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive any injury.Author Unknown
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
Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking and now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.Ronald Reagan
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.Seneca
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.Abraham Lincoln
Courage atrophies from lack of use.Unknown
Knowing that I am not the one in control gives great encouragement. Knowing the One who is in control is everything.Alexander Michael
All of our dreams can come true - - If we have the courage to pursue them.Walt Disney
Without justice courage is weak.Benjamin Franklin
Never discourage anyone... who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.Plato
The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - These are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.Jerome Seymour Brune
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)
Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 13, 1940
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
Courage conquers all things.Ovid
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
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.Conte Vittorio Alfieri
