Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"The greatest weakness is despair."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Courage is not the absence of fear."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"A woman's rebellion has to be in her heart or nowhere."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"We must face our fears to grow."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"Fear and courage coexist in brave hearts."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"To be brave is to be afraid but do it anyway."Fannie Hurst
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."Fannie Hurst
"Courage is often the quiet acceptance of what must be."Marianne Moore
"Courage is fear that said its prayers."Marianne Moore
"Fear is the most terrible thing, but cowardice is worse than fear."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"The greatest battles are fought within the human heart."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"The greatest courage is admitting when we are wrong and changing course."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Innovation requires the courage to be misunderstood."Amy Lowell
"The only true failure is the failure to attempt."Amy Lowell
"To love is to risk rejection, but to live unloved is to never truly exist."Fannie Hurst
"The highest courage is the courage to allow ourselves to be wrong."Wallace Stevens
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."O. Henry
"In matters of conscience, a man must act alone."O. Henry
"The bird that would soar above the level plain must have strong wings."Kate Chopin
"We all have to take chances in life if we want to accomplish anything."Kate Chopin
"What appears as stubbornness in a woman is often her refusal to surrender her own truth."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"A woman who supports herself answers to no one but her conscience."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"A single act of defiance can reshape an entire existence."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"To be true to oneself requires a courage most never discover."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"Society fears the woman who asks questions."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"A woman of principle will sacrifice much; she will compromise nothing."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"To question authority is to honor the truth more than comfort."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"The fear of judgment has silenced more truths than all the censors combined."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"A life of quiet desperation is still desperation, regardless of how quietly it is lived."Mary Wilkins Freeman