Courage is not the absence of fear, but poetry in the face o... - Fernando Pessoa

This quote is attributed to Fernando Pessoa.

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but poetry in the face of terror."

Fernando Pessoa Courage

Poet Portuguese 1888–1935

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"I am not I; I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see."

"To be great, be whole; exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you."

"The worst prison people live in is the fear of what other people think."

"I love without knowing how, or what, or even if I exist."

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."