“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.”
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Perseverance quotes
These perseverance quotes provide the steady encouragement you need to face setbacks. Read them when you are stuck to rebuild your momentum and focus on your next small step.
“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.”
“The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens or by the threats of an imperious tyrant.”
“It is in the dark shade of courage alone that the spell can be broken.”
“Courage is the ability to ignore your options.”
“The onward march of the human race requires that the heights around it constantly blaze with noble lessons of courage. Deeds of daring dazzle history and form one of man's guiding lights.”
“Courage, moral courage, is the companion of great leadership. No politician could ever be viewed as exceptional unless he or she had it in spades.”
“Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues, because unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.”
“Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.”
“Without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men, such as the subjects of this book, have lived.”
“What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out, not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.”
“Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.”