Quotes about courage and perseverance
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An exam, a fresh start, an ordeal: these quotes about courage were chosen to encourage, and each one has been checked in its original text.
They are grouped by tone, from the short line to copy into a message to the longer reflection.
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Inspiring
I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.
If, one day, the people will to live, then fate must answer.
Resolutions come in the measure of the resolute, and noble deeds in the measure of the noble.
Traveller, there is no road; the road is made by walking.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Short
If there is no struggle there is no progress.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.
The best way out is always through.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.
Frequently asked questions
How do I use these quotes to encourage someone?
Choose a short line, add a personal word (“thinking of you tomorrow”) and send it on the morning of the challenge.