Courage Quotes

Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.

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"The world rewards courage because so few possess it."
Eudora Welty
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action despite fear."
Eudora Welty
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to act despite overwhelming fear."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Shame is toxic when internalized; sometimes you must externalize it and expose injustice."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Vulnerability is not weakness; it is the source of genuine connection and growth."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Change begins with naming what is unacceptable; silence preserves the status quo."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"I'm a coward. I wish I were brave."
Margaret Atwood
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"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum—Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Margaret Atwood
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"You must do the thing you fear to do the work you want to do."
Margaret Atwood
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"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."
Harper Lee
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"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through."
Harper Lee
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"There's no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear."
Harper Lee
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"Never compromise your integrity for the approval of others."
Harper Lee
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"The world needs more people willing to stand up for what is right."
Harper Lee
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today"
Robertson Davies
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it"
Robertson Davies
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"I have always been of the mind that when the going gets rough, the tough get going."
Flannery O'Connor
"Things will happen that you will not expect to happen. That's guaranteed. But you cannot let that paralyze you."
Cormac McCarthy
"The real estate of existence belongs to those who are willing to fight for it."
Cormac McCarthy
"You have to be willing to lose everything to gain anything that matters."
Cormac McCarthy
"We must believe that there is something worth fighting for."
Carson McCullers
"To be brave is to understand fear and move forward anyway."
Carson McCullers
"The courage to be yourself is the greatest courage."
Carson McCullers
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"A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within."
Eudora Welty
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"We can only be responsible for what we do, not for what others do with it."
Eudora Welty
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"The courage to be yourself is the greatest courage of all."
Eudora Welty
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"Courage is not fearlessness; it is action taken despite fear."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Courage is the decision to act despite uncertainty."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through."
Harper Lee
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"I would rather be a little brave than a lot right."
Harper Lee