Be Courageous Quotes

• Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Courage, Have Faith

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• In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.

  Harry S. Truman

  Change, Leadership, Future Leaders

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• Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.

  Erwin McManus

  Inspirational, Courage, Fear

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2004). “The Uprising Experience: A Personal Guide for a Revolution of the Soul, Promise Keepers Edition”, p.52, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You can't test courage cautiously.

  Annie Dillard

  Courage, Insperational, Bravery

  Annie Dillard (2016). “An American Childhood”, p.102, Canongate Books

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• All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

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• The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Life, Cute, Courage

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

  Jesse Jackson

  Leadership, Courage, Time

  1984 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 18 July 1984, San Francisco

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  We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

  Mary McLeod Bethune

  Courage, Powerful, Unlimited Potential

  Mary McLeod Bethune, Audrey Thomas McCluskey, Elaine M. Smith (2001). “Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World : Essays and Selected Documents”, p.61, Indiana University Press

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• A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.

  Sydney Smith

  Confidence, Courage, Fear

  Sydney Smith (1856). “Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith”, p.201

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• We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.

  Haile Selassie

  Courage, Men, Race

  Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 6 October 1963

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• Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

  Billy Graham

  Courage, Angel, Godly

  Billy Graham (2011). “Angels: Ringing Assurance that We Are Not Alone”, p.24, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Courage, Integrity, Beast

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The Works of Robert G.Ingersoll. [Dresden Ed.]”

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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.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Courage, Veterans Day, Strong

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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• Be courageous. It's one of the only places left uncrowded.

  Anita Roddick

  Courage, Healing, Left

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• The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

  Paul Tillich

  Positive, Confidence, Courage

  Paul Tillich, F. Forrester Church (1999). “The Essential Tillich”, p.174, University of Chicago Press

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• Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Wisdom, Courage, Fruit

  "'Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia' ('The Art of Worldly Wisdom')". Book by Baltasar Gracián, §4, 1647.

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• Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

  George S. Patton

  Veterans Day, Courage, Fear

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Mary Tyler Moore

  Inspirational, Positive, Courage

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• Conscience is the root of all true courage.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Courage, Roots, Conscience

  James Freeman Clarke (1880). “Self-culture, lectures”

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• Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

  Nelson Mandela

  Courage, Peace, Fear

  "The evil must be forgiven, not forgotten" by Anthony Sampson, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 1994.

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that

  James Neil Hollingworth

  Courage, Fear, Cancer

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• We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Life, Happiness, Courage

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• One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

  Maya Angelou

  Motivational, Running, Courage

  "Pray It Forward: Daily Meditations" by Rowena Holloway, iUniverse, (p. 34), August 1, 2007.

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