Inspirational Quotes : Courage
1
Reach for the stars, even if you have to stand on a cactus.
Susan Longacre
2
When the world says, “Give up,”
Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.”
Author Unknown
3
The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.
John N. Mitchell
4
Nearly everyman who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible and then gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.
Thomas Alva Edison
(The scientist who founded GE), credits to mydailyinsights.com
5
Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.
John Wooden, the first person ever enshrined as the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (1961) and as a coach (1973).
6
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.
Eleanor Roosevelt
7
The best way out is always through.
Robert Frost, a famous American poet whose impressive career included 4 Pulitzer Prize despite life plagued with grief and loss. His father died of tuberculosis when Frost was 11, leaving the family with just $8. His mother died of cancer 5 years later. As for his own children, 3 died young due to cholera and fever.
8
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
David Brinkley
9
Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.
Helen Keller
10
Many say I am just one to try. I say I am one less to quit.
Diego Marchi (thanks Claudia!)
11
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
Arthur Golden
