Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Courage

Never Forget!- The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer

Don’t pay any attention to the critics. Don’t even ignore them.
Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974) Polish-born American Film Producer, Businessperson

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Friedrich Engels (1820–95) German Socialist Political Philosopher

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian

It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before… to test your limits… to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais Nin (1903–77) French-American Essayist

I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.
Eudora Welty (1909–2001) American Short Story Writer, Novelist

Hidden valor is as bad as cowardice.
Latin Proverb

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don’t want to set him down as a failure till he’s dead or loses his courage—and that’s the same thing.
George Horace Lorimer (1867–1937) American Editor, Publisher, Philanthropist

It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song. But the man worthwhile is the one who can smile, when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is troubled, And it always comes with the years. And the smiles that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American Poet, Journalist

No one reaches a high position without daring.
Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer

Don’t foul, don’t flinch—hit the line hard.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Explorer

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American Self-Help Author

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Explorer

God helps the brave.
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist

You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You’re confusing courage with wisdom.
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I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.
Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman

The man who works need never be a problem to anyone. Opportunities multiply as they are seized; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities. Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he is making money. Production, not destruction, leads to success.
John Wicker

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) American Civil Rights Leader

No great thing comes to any man unless he has courage.
James Gibbons (1834–1921) American Catholic Religious Leader, Clergyman

True miracles are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence that God gave them.
Jean Anouilh (1910–87) French Dramatist

He that would have the fruit must first climb the tree.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

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.
Indian Proverb

The great home of the soul is the open road.
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Essayist, Literary Critic

Don’t wait until you die to learn the warrior’s way. Do it now, each night, just before you drift off to sleep. As you review your day, consider these two questions of courage and love. Learn from each day, so that each day you can show a little more courage and a little more love. Then, as incidents occur, you may rise to the occasion and look back at the end of your life and feel good about the way you lived.
Dan Millman (b.1946) American Children’s Books Writer, Sportsperson

A coward’s fear can make a coward valiant.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862–1947) American Philosopher, Diplomat, Educator

Whenever I make a bum decision, I just go out and make another.
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) American Head of State

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph.
Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better,
Sleep to wake.
Robert Browning (1812–89) English Poet

Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, “This is what I need”. It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment—not discouragement—you will find the strength there. Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. What a privilege!! This is when the spontaneity of your own nature will have a chance to flow. Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures, followed by wreckage, were the incidents that shaped the life you have now. You’ll see this is really true. Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.
Joseph Campbell (1904–87) American Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

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