“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
~ T.S. Eliot Poet

“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”
~ Robert G. Ingersoll

“We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough.”
~ Helen Keller

“True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.”
~ John Petit-Senn

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.”
~ Theodore Roosevelt

“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
~ Abraham Lincoln

“The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle–the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.”
~ Douglas MacArthur

“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

“He conquers who endures.”
~ Persius

“The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.”
~ George Santayana

“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.”
~ Buddhist Saying

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What is Your Courage Quotient? | Adventures in Positive Psychology (4/11/2012)


    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 5 Nov 2011
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Borchard, T. (2011). Quotes on Courage. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 24, 2013, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/11/05/quotes-on-courage/

 

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