Courage Quotes

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

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"There is a moment in time when you either step forward into growth or you step backward into safety."
Maya Angelou
"Courage is doing what you must despite your fear."
Carl Sandburg
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"Fear paralyzes; courage moves us forward."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"We must fight for our futures."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"Fear is the thing that prevents you from taking a risk."
Robert Frost
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"I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old."
Robert Frost
"You have to get beyond yourself."
Toni Morrison
"There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear."
Toni Morrison
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"The work of justice never ends, but each act of courage brings us closer to transformation."
Alice Walker
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"I am not ashamed of my past; I am not afraid of my future."
Richard Wright
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."
Richard Wright
"When I discover who I am, I'll be free."
Ralph Ellison
"I never accept defeat in the presence of my enemies."
Ralph Ellison
"Great leaders face their fears head-on."
Ralph Ellison
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"The work of becoming whole requires all of us."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"Authenticity requires the courage to stand alone against collective delusion."
Richard Wright
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."
Maya Angelou
"It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which human soul can ever go through."
Maya Angelou
"True courage is not the absence of doubt, but the continuation forward despite it."
Ralph Ellison
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"I come as a live wire rather than a dead sheep."
Langston Hughes
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"There are those of us who are determined to be counted."
Langston Hughes
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"We must be brave and bold."
Langston Hughes
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"We must fight for our dreams with all our hearts."
Langston Hughes
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"Helped are those who are enabled to transcend any injustice or harm that befalls them."
Alice Walker
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"Be nobody's darling; be an outcast."
Alice Walker
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"I think it is more important to be courageous than to be right."
Alice Walker
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"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
Alice Walker
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"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
James Baldwin
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"I can accept anything about myself except that I am afraid."
James Baldwin
"You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down."
Toni Morrison