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60,000 QUOTES SPIDER
 


QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON COURAGE 5

 

 

I've been through it all, baby. I'm Mother Courage.

 

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-, British-born American actress)

 

To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that.

 

St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582, Spanish saint, mystic)

 

To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that.

 

St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582, Spanish saint, mystic)

 

Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid... for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

 

The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)

 

But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.

 

The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)

Source: 2 Chronicles 15:7

 

Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them.

 

The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)

Source: 2 Kings 6:16

 

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.

 

The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)

Source: Ephesians 6:10

 

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

 

The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)

Source: Joshua 1:9

 

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

 

The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)

Source: Philippians 4:13

 

They helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his brother, be of good courage.

 

The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)

Source: Isaiah 41:6

 

With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.

 

The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)

Source: Psalms 18:29

 

Courage 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

 

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

 

James Thomson (1700-1748, Scottish poet)

 

Where there is a brave man, in the thickest of the fight, there is the post of honor.

 

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)

 

Life is to be entered upon with courage.

 

Alexis De Tocqueville (1805-1859, French social philosopher)

 

There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally, of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are.

 

Chogyam Trungpa

 

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

 

Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)

 

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.

 

Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)

 

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

 

Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)

 

In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and deed. There is always a flame of spirit in it, a vision of some necessity higher than oneself.

 

Brenda Ueland

 

A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.

 

Author Unknown

 

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

 

Author Unknown

 

By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be avoided is overcome

 

Author Unknown

 

Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.

 

Author Unknown

 

Courage is daring to take the first step, or a different path.

 

Author Unknown

 

Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests; like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the r

 

Author Unknown

 

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquest of it.

 

Author Unknown

 

Courage is the right disposition toward fear.

 

Author Unknown

 

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

 

Author Unknown

 

God bless your Christmas Season with happy days of cheer. God keep His richest favors and all His blessings near. God grant you after Christmas a bright and blessed New Year.

 

Author Unknown

 

God cares for people through people.

 

Author Unknown

 

If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

 

Author Unknown

 

In life, those that are great are those that dare to follow their dreams through the good times and the bad times.

 

Author Unknown

 

It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we think of Moses today if when it was time to part the red sea, he had said Why don't you guys go build a bridge?

 

Author Unknown

 

Let people go all the way if they have got the balls for it.

 

Author Unknown

 

Life becomes real only when we begin to face and solve our own problems. Until then we only swim in circles in a large fantasy world which tends to make us very tired of living. Don't waste energy! Face life now!

 

Author Unknown

 

Most of the high spots in our lives come about through encouragement. I don't care how great, how famous, how successful a man may be, he hungers for applause.

 

Author Unknown

 

No fact of human nature is more characteristic that its willingness to live on a chance.

 

Author Unknown

 

Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termites.

 

Author Unknown

 

None are so blind as those who will not see.

 

Author Unknown

 

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind more than courage.

 

Author Unknown

 

One who lacks courage to start has already finished

 

Author Unknown

 

Private bravery is often the price of personal victory.

 

Author Unknown

 

The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity. These are the choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there will never be a wrong time to do the right thing.

 

Author Unknown

 

The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity. These are the choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there will never be a wrong time to do the right thing.

 

Author Unknown

 

I am convinced that one of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.

 

James A. Worsham

 

To fight a bull when you are not scared is nothing. And to not fight a bull when you are scared is nothing. But to fight a bull when you are scared is something.

 

Author Unknown

 

What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.

 

Author Unknown

 

You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

 

Author Unknown

 

You must have courage, whatever the test, however many times you fall, stand up just once more.

 

Author Unknown

 

In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.

 

Margaret Valois

 

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

 

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890, Dutch-born French painter)

 

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.

 

Marquis De Vauvenargues (1715-1747, French moralist)

 

Nothing but courage can guide life.

 

Marquis De Vauvenargues (1715-1747, French moralist)

 

He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

 

Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)

 

It is only through timidity that states are lost.

 

Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)

 

There is no such thing as bravery, only degrees of fear.

 

John Wainwright

 

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

 

Denis Waitley (1933-, American author, speaker, trainer, peak performance expert)

Author's website: www.deniswaitley.com

 

Courage is the ability to solve problems realistically in the presence of fear.

 

Stuart Walker

 

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity.

 

Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, American businessman, founder of IBM)

 

Life is the acceptance of responsibilities, or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations, or avoiding them.

 

Ben Ames Williams

 

Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.

 

John Wayne

 

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

 

Daniel Webster (1782-1852, American lawyer, statesman)

 

We must have the courage to allow a little disorder in our lives.

 

Ben Weininger

 

God gives opportunities; success depends upon the use made of them.

 

Ellen Gould White (1827-1915, American seventh-day Adventist leader)

 

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

 

Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947, British mathematician, philosopher)

 

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

 

Earl Wilson (1907-1987, American newspaper columnist)

 

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

 

Oprah Winfrey (1954-, American TV personality, producer, actress, author)

 

It takes vision and courage to create -- it takes faith and courage to prove.

 

Owen D. Young (1874-1962, American lawyer, businessman, public official)

 

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

 

Emiliano Zapata

 

Imposing limitations on yourself is cowardly because it protects you from having to try, and perhaps failing.

 

Vladimir Zworykin

 

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