Courage Quotes

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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

Susan Taylo

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

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Whitheead

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

Sir James Glove

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Mignon McLaughlin

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

All of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Walt Disney

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

Maya Angelou

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

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

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

John W. Gardne

To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.

Confucius

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Reinhold Niebuhr, in a sermon in 1943

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Hermann Hesse

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Carl Hermann Voss

The Courage that we all prize and seek is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Thomas Carlyle, Proflies in Courage by: John F. Kennedy

Competition between individuals sets one against the other and undermines morale, but competition between organizations builds morale and encourages creativity.

Unknown

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.

Whitney M. Young Jr.

Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.

Publilius Syrus

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

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 the power to let go of the familiar.

Raymond Lindquist

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow talent to the dark place where it leads.

Erica Jong

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

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 atrophies from lack of use.

Unknown

I sit beside my lonely fire and pray for wisdom yet for calmness to remember or courage to forget.

Charles Hamilton Aide

There is a courage of happiness as well as a courage of sorrow.

Alfred Adle

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Frances Rodman

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

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

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

Coleman Young

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

Marilyn Monroe

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to nurture it in solitude and to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.

Erica Jong