Quotes about courage
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Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character. James Anthony Froude
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Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed on a bed of sickness or a tented field, it is ever the same fair play and admits no foolish distinction. Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail. Henry David Thoreau
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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The ultimate risk is not taking a risk. James Goldsmith
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Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.... James Forrestal
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The best hearts are ever the bravest. Laurence Sterne
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Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. Friedrich Schiller
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Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone. Great in itself, not praises of the crowd, Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud. Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war, are great in love. The spring of all brave acts is seated here, As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear. George Farquhar
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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. George Gissing
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Nothing but courage can guide life. Luc de Clapiers
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Courage is adversity's lamp.
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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions. John Ciardi
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The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly. John Brown
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The man of wisdom has no perplexity; the man of humanity has no worry; the man of courage has no fear. Confucius
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The Man who with undaunted toils,/ sails unknown seas to unknown soils,/ With various wonders feasts his Sight: What stranger wonders does he write? Benjamin Franklin
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We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. Barbara de Angelis
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The Iraqi population showed incredible courage, going to vote in large numbers despite the security situation on the ground, Kofi Annan
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Their lives were full of courage and hope and enthusiasm. And never forget that they loved us as much as we loved them,
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the ultimate example of defying the odds with strength, courage and hope. Dana Reeve
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The true path requires courage ... and it is possible that the public is not fully ready for the painful truth, ... The truth will prevail. Ehud Barak
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You will never do anything worthwhile in this world without courage James Allen
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The courage of the soldier is heightened by the knowledge of his profession.
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A.J. had a great night. In the second half he did a great job of running the team. His efficiency in shot making and courage to step up in some tough spots put us in a position to win. Rick Carlisle
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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. Napoleon Bonaparte
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With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.
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There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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Nearly everything in the scheme of things works to dull a first-rate talent. But the worst probably is cowardice. Norman Mailer
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Like all men who are Napoleonic in their ambitionshe has instincts about the nature of growth, a lover's sense of the momentof crisis, and he knewhow costly is defeat when it is not soothed by greater consciousness, and how wasteful is the profit of victory when there is not the courage to employ it.
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Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom. Once hope has taken hold, courage must unite with wisdom. That is the only way of avoiding violence, the only way of maintaining the calm one needs to respond peacefully to offenses. Oscar Arias
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Have the courage to act instead of react. Oliver Wendell Holmes
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I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up. Olga Korbut
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Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage. Ellen Glasgow