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Courage Quotes

"Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears."

"Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears."

Arthur Koestler, Hungarian Novelist

Courage, Actions

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"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

Anais Nin, American Author

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"Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free."

"Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Courage, Fearlessness, Joy, Freedom

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"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

Courage, Failure, Fool

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"How do you defeat terrorism? Don't be terrorized."

"How do you defeat terrorism? Don't be terrorized."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Courage, Resilience, Fear, Freedom

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"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."

"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Courage, Nothing

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"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

Helen Keller, American Author

Courage, Danger

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"I am six feet tall. I am not supposed to be afraid."

"I am six feet tall. I am not supposed to be afraid."

Keith Miller, American Author

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"He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear."

"He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Courage, Fear, Power, Self

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"Always be fearless. Walk like lion, talk like pigeons, live like elephants and love like an infant child."

"Always be fearless. Walk like lion, talk like pigeons, live like elephants and love like an infant child."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Courage, Fearlessness, Inspirational, Confidence

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"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

Mary Tyler Moore, American Actress

Courage, Being, Mistakes, Order

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"Optimism is the foundation of courage."

"Optimism is the foundation of courage."

Nicholas M. Butler, American Philosopher

Courage, Optimism

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"Never pray for life to be easier, but pray for courage to go on and still enjoy every moment of beauty."

"Never pray for life to be easier, but pray for courage to go on and still enjoy every moment of beauty."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Courage, Life, Beauty, Purpose

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"True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable."

"True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable."

Jeremy Collier, English Clergyman

Courage, Mind, Result

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"Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage."

"Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage."

William J. Slim, British General

Courage, Virtue

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"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide."

"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide."

Andrew Johnson, American President

Courage, Constitution, Conviction

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"Fear tries to get us to give up but faith takes us all the way through to victory."

"Fear tries to get us to give up but faith takes us all the way through to victory."

Joyce Meyer, American Author

Courage, Fear, Faith, Victory, Struggle

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"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."

"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."

Augustine Og Mandino, American Author

Courage, Adversity, Og Mandino

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"We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters."

"We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Courage, Daughters, Sons

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"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."

"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."

Pericles, Greek Statesman

Courage, Freedom, Possession

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"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Courage, Experience, Nothing

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"Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway."

"Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

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"Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared."

"Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared."

Eddie Rickenbacker, American Aviator

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"I love the name of honor, more than I fear death."

"I love the name of honor, more than I fear death."

Julius Caesar, Roman Leader

Courage, Death, Love, Fear, Honor

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"Courage injures the strong ones who have no wisdom, but it motivates the brave ones, to always win."

"Courage injures the strong ones who have no wisdom, but it motivates the brave ones, to always win."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Courage, Wisdom, Strength, Motivational

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"It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base."

"It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base."

Jean Anouilh, French Playwright

Courage, Greatness

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"In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?"

"In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?"

Virgil, Roman Poet

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"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage."

"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage."

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

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"Don't desire kindness but desire courage so that you may persist on the right path."

"Don't desire kindness but desire courage so that you may persist on the right path."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Courage, Kindness, Path, Persistence

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"The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage."

"The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

Courage, Man, Want, Will

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"I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test."

"I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

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"No one doubts your courage, but you are a headstrong knight and when you choose a way you cannot change your course even if it lead to your destruction. That is your fault and your destiny."

"No one doubts your courage, but you are a headstrong knight and when you choose a way you cannot change your course even if it lead to your destruction. That is your fault and your destiny."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Courage, Destiny, Fate, Choice

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"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue."

"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Courage, Virtue, Endurance, Fatigue

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"People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors."

"People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors."

George Eliot, British Author

Courage, Bravery, Help, Support, Community

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"Necessity makes even the timid brave."

"Necessity makes even the timid brave."

Sallust, Roman Historian

Courage, Necessity

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"If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences."

"If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Courage, Truth, Power, Life, Wisdom

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"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Courage, Home, Fear, Want

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"Don't be afraid of those failures that do not lead to a loss of life or that do not incapacitate people."

"Don't be afraid of those failures that do not lead to a loss of life or that do not incapacitate people."

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

Courage, Fear, Failure, Resilience

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"Let your life be a reflection of your bravery not of your fear. Someone who does not take risks and leave their comfort zone will remain stagnant. They will never change, never move, never leave the place they are right now. Be brave in the face of your fears."

"Let your life be a reflection of your bravery not of your fear. Someone who does not take risks and leave their comfort zone will remain stagnant. They will never change, never move, never leave the place they are right now. Be brave in the face of your fears."

Avina Celeste, American Writer

Courage, Life, Reflection, Bravery, Fear

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"Was that all it took to be brave? Knowing that someone believed in you?"

"Was that all it took to be brave? Knowing that someone believed in you?"

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Courage, Bravery, Support, Belief

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"Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die. What if it doesn't fire? It has to fire. Could you crush that beloved skull with a rock?"

"Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die. What if it doesn't fire? It has to fire. Could you crush that beloved skull with a rock?"

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Courage, Time, Action, Death, Decision

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"There is no real bravery in getting paid to save someone's life. However, there is a large amount of bravery in a nurse break dancing at the hospital's Christmas party."

"There is no real bravery in getting paid to save someone's life. However, there is a large amount of bravery in a nurse break dancing at the hospital's Christmas party."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Courage, Bravery, Joy, Service

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"You are treading your path of greatness: now it must call up all your courage that there is no longer a path behind you!You are treading your path of greatness: no one shall steal after you here! Your foot itself has extinguished the path behind you, and above that path stands written: Impossibility."

"You are treading your path of greatness: now it must call up all your courage that there is no longer a path behind you!You are treading your path of greatness: no one shall steal after you here! Your foot itself has extinguished the path behind you, and above that path stands written: Impossibility."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Courage, Path, Greatness, Life

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"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."

"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Courage, Justice, Struggle, Survival

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"Never let your fear of the unknown and things being too difficult make your choices for you in life. One of the saddest lessons in life is finding out that your fear made the situation worse than what it was and a braver person stole the dream you gave up on."

"Never let your fear of the unknown and things being too difficult make your choices for you in life. One of the saddest lessons in life is finding out that your fear made the situation worse than what it was and a braver person stole the dream you gave up on."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Courage, Fear, Choices, Bravery, Regret

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"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Courage, Life, Enemies

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"I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody."

"I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody."

J. D. Salinger, American Novelist

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"Courage without conscience is a wild beast."

"Courage without conscience is a wild beast."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Courage, Conscience

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"If you can overcome love, you can overcome fear. If you can overcome fear, you can overcome death."

"If you can overcome love, you can overcome fear. If you can overcome fear, you can overcome death."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Courage, Love, Fear, Death

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"Fear not those who argue but those who dodge."

"Fear not those who argue but those who dodge."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

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