True Courage Quotes

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  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• True courage is to stand against evil, even when we stand alone.

  Richard C. Edgley

  Inspirational, Evil, Stand Alone

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• I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.

  Harper Lee

  Courage, Real, Gun

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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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 strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Courage, Navy, Virtue

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Jobs, Firefighter, Gulf War

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• Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.

  Heather Graham

  Gulf War, Being Afraid

  Heather Graham (2014). “Heather Graham Krewe of Hunters Series Volume 2: The Unseen\The Unholy\The Unspoken\The Uninvited”, p.77, Harlequin

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• There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

  Alan Cohen

  Courage, Adventure, Adventurous Life

  Alan Cohen (1990). “Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risk to Follow Your Bliss”, Dolphin Communications Company

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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.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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

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• There is no real security in what is no longer meaningful.

  Alan Cohen

  Meaningful, Courage, Real

  Alan Cohen (1990). “Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risk to Follow Your Bliss”, Dolphin Communications Company

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• If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

  David Viscott

  Life, Motivational, Positive

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• It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

  Alan Cohen

  Life, Change, Meaningful

  Alan Cohen (1990). “Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risk to Follow Your Bliss”, Dolphin Communications Company

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• You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

  Harper Lee

  Winning, Tkam, Sometimes

  Harper Lee (1970). “To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.76, Dramatic Publishing

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

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Courage, Hero, Bravery

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• True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

  Jeremy Collier

  Uplifting, Courage, Brave

  "Pearls of Great Price: or, Maxims, reflections, characters and thoughts, on miscellaneous subjects".

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• True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.

  L. Frank Baum

  Bravery, Danger, Tin Man

  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ch. 15 (1900)

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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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• Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

  Harper Lee

  Inspirational, Courage, Perseverance

  "To Kill a Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, community.sparknotes.com. July 11, 1960.

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• True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

  Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

  Perseverance, Courage, Wind

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• True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Knowing, Spares

  "Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", www.imdb.com. 2012.

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• The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Courage, Cancer, Grief

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.67, BookBaby

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• Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Life, Courage, Men

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

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• Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from.

  Phillips Brooks

  Courage, Independent, Independence

  Phillips Brooks “The Joy of Preaching”, Kregel Publications

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• True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

  Bullying, Time, Kids

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