Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Joseph Heller
"The road ahead is dark, but that is no reason to stop walking."Cormac McCarthy
"The struggle is to keep alive the spark of reason."Philip Roth
"To write is to risk oneself completely."Philip Roth
"To acknowledge one's desires is to begin to live authentically."Philip Roth
"I am not afraid of being misunderstood because the writer who tries to please everybody pleases nobody."Flannery O'Connor
"It is unimaginably hard to do this to yourself in actual reality."David Foster Wallace
"The greatest act of rebellion is to think for yourself."David Foster Wallace
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to act despite it."David Foster Wallace
"If you don't fail, you're not even trying."Saul Bellow
"The real victory is in the struggle itself, not the outcome."Saul Bellow
"I really do. I'm quite emotional and all."J.D. Salinger
"I'm going to break down."J.D. Salinger
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Joseph Heller
"What we believe to be impossible is often just untried."Joseph Heller
"To be alive is to struggle with the forces that threaten one's survival."Philip Roth
"The writer must be willing to write about things that make him uncomfortable."Philip Roth
"To live authentically is to live dangerously."Philip Roth
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather an assessment that something else is more important than fear."Norman Mailer
"Courage is grace under pressure, but it is also something simpler: doing what must be done."Norman Mailer
"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center."Kurt Vonnegut
"The world belongs to those who are bold enough to take it."William S. Burroughs
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."David Foster Wallace
"Courage is the ordinary thing made extraordinary."David Foster Wallace
"The unforgivable thing is not failure but the refusal to try."David Foster Wallace
"You may not be able to change the world, but you can change yourself."Saul Bellow
"What is required now is a new kind of courage."Saul Bellow
"Courage is simply doing what you're terrified of doing."Joseph Heller
"You must protect what makes you different."Philip Roth
"Courage is grace under pressure."Norman Mailer