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Courage Quotes

"And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear."

"And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Courage, Bravery, Fear, Strength

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"The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we'd like to be. And that sucks. But when you're confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up."

"The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we'd like to be. And that sucks. But when you're confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

Courage, Truth, Reality, Strength

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"That is why embittered people find heroes and madmen a perennial source of fascination, for they have no fear of life or death. Both heroes and madmen are indifferent to danger and will forge ahead regardless of what other people say."

"That is why embittered people find heroes and madmen a perennial source of fascination, for they have no fear of life or death. Both heroes and madmen are indifferent to danger and will forge ahead regardless of what other people say."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Courage, Fearlessness, Heroism, Madness, Life

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"To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can."

"To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can."

Augustine Og Mandino, American Author

Courage, Danger, Thinking, Worth

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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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"Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are."

"Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are."

George W. Bush, American President

Courage, America, Concern, Country

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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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"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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"It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless."

"It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Courage, Strength, Self

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"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Courage, Consistency, Virtue, Potential

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"True love is to jump over your own shadow."

"True love is to jump over your own shadow."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Courage, Love, Shadow, Fear

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"It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded."

"It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American Writer

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"Stop being the sheep and become the lion my friend!"

"Stop being the sheep and become the lion my friend!"

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Courage, Power, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom

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"To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by."

"To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by."

Stephen Baker, American Athlete

Courage, Perseverance, Conviction, Force

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"It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle."

"It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle."

Rollo May, American Psychologist

Courage, Battle, Freedom, Journey

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"To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man."

"To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man."

Euripides, Greek Poet

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"Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language - it's from the Latin word cor, meaning heart - and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart."

"Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language - it's from the Latin word cor, meaning heart - and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart."

Brene Brown, American Researcher

Courage, Heart, Truth, Identity

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"There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake."

"There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Courage, Battle, Confidence, Conviction

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"There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right."

"There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Courage, Answers, Right

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"Political courage is not political suicide."

"Political courage is not political suicide."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Courage, Suicide

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"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Courage, Challenge, Comfort, Controversy, Man

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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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"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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"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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"The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable."

"The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable."

Terri Clark, Canadian Musician

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"Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount."

"Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

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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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"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die."

"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Courage, Contradiction, Desire

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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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"Fortune favors the brave."

"Fortune favors the brave."

Terence, Roman Writer

Courage, Favors, Fortune

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"Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."

"Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Courage, Creativity

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"There is wisdom in knowing your limits and then daring to push past them. Choose to live an exceptional life."

"There is wisdom in knowing your limits and then daring to push past them. Choose to live an exceptional life."

Truth Devour, Australian Author

Courage, Wisdom, Limit, Determination

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"He who is brave is free."

"He who is brave is free."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Courage, Freedom, Strength, Independence

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"Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat."

"Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat."

George Eliot, British Author

Courage, Battle, Strength, Defeat

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"No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause."

"No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Courage, Life, Body, Cause, Man

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"A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it."

"A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Courage, Fear, Confrontation, Reality

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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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".. when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I'm going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humour, with composure."

".. when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I'm going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humour, with composure."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Courage, Live, Dignity, Humor

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"Courage in danger is half the battle."

"Courage in danger is half the battle."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Courage, Battle, Danger

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"The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular."

"The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular."

Geraldo Rivera, American Journalist

Courage, Journalism, Popular

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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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"The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time."

"The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time."

Brene Brown, American Researcher

Courage, Bravery, Change, Presence

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"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Courage, Power, Soul, Man

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"Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow."

"Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow."

Dan Rather, American Journalist

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"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

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"Yes, you must have the courage of being free."

"Yes, you must have the courage of being free."

Jose Carreras, Spanish Musician

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"Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words."

"Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words."

Theodore Sturgeon, American Writer

Courage, Facts, Words, Writing

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"The ability to continue moving when you are feeling scared, fearful or lazy is the sign of true mental strength."

"The ability to continue moving when you are feeling scared, fearful or lazy is the sign of true mental strength."

Matthew Donnelly, American Author

Courage, Discipline, Strength, Persistence

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