Inspirational quotes to help motivate you to achieve your goals.
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
-- Mary Anne Radmacher
"To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place, and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all."
--John F. Kennedy
"One morning you will awake to find that you are the person you dreamed of doing what you wanted to do simply because you had the courage to believe in your potential and to hold on to your dream."
-- Donna Levine
"There are some situations where all you can do is simply let go and move on, gather your courage and choose a direction that carries you toward a new dawn." --Anon.
"To be successful we must do things that unsuccessful people do not want to do. Those things require levels of courage." R Harper
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." Seneca
"You must be courageous and brave, and not fearful, in taking advantage of life's opportunities as they are made available to you." --A. Con
"Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm."
-- Wilfred Peterson
"Wish not for things, but for wisdom and courage." -- David March
"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it." -- Albert Camus
"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." Robert Green
"Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor." --James Allen
"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure." Winston Churchill
"Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears." -- Arthur Koestler
"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."
W. Clement Stone
"It is important for us to remember that life does not give us courage. Life gives us opportunities to practice the actions needed to accumulate courage." -- Russell Mosley
"Every time you have the courage to face your fears, you become a stronger person." Barbara White
"Keep your fears to yourself; share your courage with others."
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Courage is what it takes to admit when you are wrong." anon.
"Courage is the quintessence of virtue, the foundation of faith, and the reason behind almost all success."
S. Wickham
"To become emotionally mature, children must learn from failure and face the consequences of their poor choices. As parents, we must develop the courage to let it happen." -- Jacquie McTaggart
"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
"To effectively lead with courage means those leaders should create an environment of open and transparent communication." M Krutza
"To build your confidence and courage, take small risks where you have a good chance of succeeding." Irene Roth
"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."
-- Erica Jong
"Acting with courage is about acting from your heart and spirit to overcome obstacles and personal limitations." S. Walston
"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."
-- Mark Victor Hansen
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it." Scott Turow
"If the changes you want to make in your life and attitudes are worth it to you, you can find that courage you need. Don't let fear keep you in the treadmill of dead-end habits and attitudes." T. Young
"If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone." John Maxwell
"Do not dwell in the past, do not fret about the future, instead, focus on the present. Live in the moment with courage and perseverance." --anon.
"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done." Vince Lombardi
"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination." Earl Nightingale
"Courage is confidence, and confidence separates individuals who are successful from those people who settled for less in life."
T. Morgan
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney
"Courage isn't something that is given to us overnight. It's a quality we cultivate regularly in the face of problems, hardships, disappointments, and loss." Dr B.Brown
"Courage is the foundation of determination. Determination and courage are the cornerstones of success." M. K. Son
"You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. -- Epicurus
"It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare." Mark Twain
"One who lacks courage to start has already finished."
"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar." Raymond Lindquist
"It takes courage to step out of one's comfort zone, because it is a challenge to do so." D. M. Neddermeyer
"As you begin to embrace courage, you will be able to point your life in the direction YOU want it to go as opposed to being directed by others or by your fears." S. Fullwood
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." Winston Churchill
"Have courage enough to accept what you can not change, but yet courageous enough to stand up and fight for what you can." -- Robert M. Hensel
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
"How often have we failed due simply to a lack of courage through a lack of faith in ourselves and what we're doing? Courage gives us the ability to do seemingly all things." anon.
"Courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair, to be brave or have a quality of mind or temperament that enables you to stand fast in the face of opposition, hardship or danger." M. Baer
"The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure." Sven Goran
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
-- Dale Carnegie
"Courage means standing up for what is right, even when what is right is not popular, and you have to stand alone." K. Burcham
"The key to developing the courage to change is to first accept that change is inevitable." W. Nesbitt
"It is your courage that supports your ability to let go of deadly attitudes, change the way you organize your time, change your relationships and change who and what you are. "
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." Mark Twain
"If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything."
Win Borden
"Courage is not obtained from a single action but nurtured through a habit of courageous decisions over a lifetime." M. McCall
"Strength and courage aren't always measured in medals and victories. They are measured in the struggles they overcome. The strongest people aren't always the people who win, but the people who don't give up when they lose." --Ashley Hodgeson
"Being firm, level headed, and bold, even when we feel afraid is one way that we can develop courage."
- J. Beck
"True courage is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart." A sentence on a flag draped on a building by Ground Zero in New York
"To fight fear, act. To increase fear–wait, put off, postpone." David Schwartz
"Every time you succeed at something you build your self esteem, courage and confidence." D. Hart
"Don't you ever say that you have no courage to do anything, as this is the best option available with you. You cannot be victorious without having courage." C. Poniards
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
-- Mary Anne Radmacher
"To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place, and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all."
--John F. Kennedy
"One morning you will awake to find that you are the person you dreamed of doing what you wanted to do simply because you had the courage to believe in your potential and to hold on to your dream."
-- Donna Levine
"There are some situations where all you can do is simply let go and move on, gather your courage and choose a direction that carries you toward a new dawn." --Anon.
"To be successful we must do things that unsuccessful people do not want to do. Those things require levels of courage." R Harper
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." Seneca
"You must be courageous and brave, and not fearful, in taking advantage of life's opportunities as they are made available to you." --A. Con
"Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm."
-- Wilfred Peterson
"Wish not for things, but for wisdom and courage." -- David March
"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it." -- Albert Camus
"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." Robert Green
"Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor." --James Allen
"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure." Winston Churchill
"Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears." -- Arthur Koestler
"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."
W. Clement Stone
"It is important for us to remember that life does not give us courage. Life gives us opportunities to practice the actions needed to accumulate courage." -- Russell Mosley
"Every time you have the courage to face your fears, you become a stronger person." Barbara White
"Keep your fears to yourself; share your courage with others."
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Courage is what it takes to admit when you are wrong." anon.
"Courage is the quintessence of virtue, the foundation of faith, and the reason behind almost all success."
S. Wickham
"To become emotionally mature, children must learn from failure and face the consequences of their poor choices. As parents, we must develop the courage to let it happen." -- Jacquie McTaggart
"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
"To effectively lead with courage means those leaders should create an environment of open and transparent communication." M Krutza
"To build your confidence and courage, take small risks where you have a good chance of succeeding." Irene Roth
"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."
-- Erica Jong
"Acting with courage is about acting from your heart and spirit to overcome obstacles and personal limitations." S. Walston
"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."
-- Mark Victor Hansen
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it." Scott Turow
"If the changes you want to make in your life and attitudes are worth it to you, you can find that courage you need. Don't let fear keep you in the treadmill of dead-end habits and attitudes." T. Young
"If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone." John Maxwell
"Do not dwell in the past, do not fret about the future, instead, focus on the present. Live in the moment with courage and perseverance." --anon.
"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done." Vince Lombardi
"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination." Earl Nightingale
"Courage is confidence, and confidence separates individuals who are successful from those people who settled for less in life."
T. Morgan
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney
"Courage isn't something that is given to us overnight. It's a quality we cultivate regularly in the face of problems, hardships, disappointments, and loss." Dr B.Brown
"Courage is the foundation of determination. Determination and courage are the cornerstones of success." M. K. Son
"You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. -- Epicurus
"It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare." Mark Twain
"One who lacks courage to start has already finished."
"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar." Raymond Lindquist
"It takes courage to step out of one's comfort zone, because it is a challenge to do so." D. M. Neddermeyer
"As you begin to embrace courage, you will be able to point your life in the direction YOU want it to go as opposed to being directed by others or by your fears." S. Fullwood
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." Winston Churchill
"Have courage enough to accept what you can not change, but yet courageous enough to stand up and fight for what you can." -- Robert M. Hensel
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
"How often have we failed due simply to a lack of courage through a lack of faith in ourselves and what we're doing? Courage gives us the ability to do seemingly all things." anon.
"Courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair, to be brave or have a quality of mind or temperament that enables you to stand fast in the face of opposition, hardship or danger." M. Baer
"The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure." Sven Goran
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
-- Dale Carnegie
"Courage means standing up for what is right, even when what is right is not popular, and you have to stand alone." K. Burcham
"The key to developing the courage to change is to first accept that change is inevitable." W. Nesbitt
"It is your courage that supports your ability to let go of deadly attitudes, change the way you organize your time, change your relationships and change who and what you are. "
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." Mark Twain
"If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything."
Win Borden
"Courage is not obtained from a single action but nurtured through a habit of courageous decisions over a lifetime." M. McCall
"Strength and courage aren't always measured in medals and victories. They are measured in the struggles they overcome. The strongest people aren't always the people who win, but the people who don't give up when they lose." --Ashley Hodgeson
"Being firm, level headed, and bold, even when we feel afraid is one way that we can develop courage."
- J. Beck
"True courage is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart." A sentence on a flag draped on a building by Ground Zero in New York
"To fight fear, act. To increase fear–wait, put off, postpone." David Schwartz
"Every time you succeed at something you build your self esteem, courage and confidence." D. Hart
"Don't you ever say that you have no courage to do anything, as this is the best option available with you. You cannot be victorious without having courage." C. Poniards
