Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings."Pearl S. Buck
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."Pearl S. Buck
"Authenticity requires the courage to be oneself in a world that demands conformity."Ralph Ellison
"There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear."Toni Morrison
"Living in the world with all its pain requires bravery."Toni Morrison
"The willingness to die for a cause is the thing that makes a person alive."Toni Morrison
"In a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, it is the greatest accomplishment to stay true to yourself."Langston Hughes
"I will not be silenced by those who fear the truth I speak."Langston Hughes
"Words are weapons, and I have chosen to use them to fight for what is right."Richard Wright
"To love under oppression is to perform an act of profound courage."Richard Wright
"I have learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Richard Wright
"I am not ashamed of my past; I am ashamed of the shame others try to impose upon it."Ralph Ellison
"The courage to be oneself is the greatest courage one can possess."Ralph Ellison
"The act of bearing witness is itself a form of resistance."Ralph Ellison
"Grab the broom of anger and sweep out the corners where doubt sleeps."Zora Neale Hurston
"I stood in the center of my own truth and refused to be moved."Zora Neale Hurston
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."James Baldwin
"Confront the now in all its complexity, beauty, and terror."James Baldwin
"A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society."James Baldwin
"We cannot be free until we have the courage to acknowledge who we are."James Baldwin
"You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings."Pearl S. Buck
"The only way out is through."Pearl S. Buck
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Pearl S. Buck
"Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes."John Steinbeck
"True courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."John Steinbeck
"Courage and honor are not always rewarded."William Faulkner
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."Langston Hughes
"Courage grows when we stand up for what we believe in."Langston Hughes
"Courage is grace under pressure."Ernest Hemingway
"Never be daunted. Never be afraid to go ahead."Ernest Hemingway