inspirational Courage Quotes

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attributed to Emerson in Promotion of Pharmaceuticals : Issues, Trends, Options (1993) pg 74, and also Thoreau elsewhere, but no instance of the quote can be found before 1990, so the authorship of the quote is disputed. Add Category or Author

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." — Anais Nin
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"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." — T.S. Eliot
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"Always do what you are afraid to do." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." — Mark Twain
As quoted in I Meet Mark Twain (1938) pg. 66 The authenticity of this quote is dubious, as it was a recollection of a woman from decades before, when she was a little child. However, there is no reason to doubt that Twain himself did say something proactive and encouraging to her. Add Category or Author

"Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts." — Winston Churchill
As quoted in The Prodigal Project : Book I : Genesis (2003) pg. 224 Add Category or Author

"Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you." — Author Unknown
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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
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"To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are." — Author Unknown
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"Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently." — Zig Ziglar
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"Confidence comes not from always being right but not fearing to be wrong." — Author Unknown
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"We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already." — J.K. Rowling
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"The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it." — Chinese Proverbs
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"Life is about choice. You can choose to be a victim or anything else you like to be." — Author Unknown
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"All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them." — Walt Disney
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"In order to be walked over, you have to be lying down." — Author Unknown
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"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." — Martin Luther King
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"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." — George Woodberry
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"Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal." — Joseph Cossman
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"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." — E. E. Cummings
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." — Mark Twain
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