Courage Quotes
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)
It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It is harder to stay where you are than to get out.Judith Rossne
Please write again soon. Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into others lives and I come back to my own with greater contentment.Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.Victor Hugo
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less than a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.Dean Koontz
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.Charles Schwa
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.Johann von Goethe
Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage - - It can be delightful.George Bernard Shaw
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
Competition between individuals sets one against the other and undermines morale, but competition between organizations builds morale and encourages creativity.Unknown
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.Raymond Lindquist
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
By courage I repel adversity.Anonymous
A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.Sir Walter Besant
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.Carl Sandburg
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.Saint Francis of Assisi
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength loving someone deeply gives you courage.Lao Tzu
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.William Ellery Channing
I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.Albert Einstein
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.Ambrose Redmoon
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.Warren Bennis
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.Eric Hoffe
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
Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.Florence Shinn
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.Conan Doyle
We live by encouragement and die without it - - Slowly, sadly, angrily.Celeste Holm
By courage I repel adversity. Adversa Virtute Repello.Anonymous
Courage is not the towering oak That sees storms come and go It is the fragile blossom That opens in the snow.Alice Mackenzie Swaim
No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.Athenus
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.George S. Patton
Evil is a fact not to be explained away, but to be accepted and accepted not to be endured, but to be conquered. It is a challenge neither to our reason nor to our patience, but to our courage.John Andrew Holmes
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.Daniel Boorstin
Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.Whitney M. Young Jr.
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.Ovid
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.Bertie Forbes
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.Herbert Kaufman
