Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor."Willa Cather
"I felt the pull of the land, the need to stay and defend what was ours."Willa Cather
"A person who makes no mistakes does not try new things."Sinclair Lewis
"Courage, unlike judgment, cannot be trained; it must be born in you."Sinclair Lewis
"Courage is grace under pressure."Ernest Hemingway
"A person with outward courage may be inwardly terrified."Ernest Hemingway
"Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes."John Steinbeck
"The only way to deal with fear is to face it."John Steinbeck
"The very rich possess a form of courage that the rest of us cannot fully comprehend."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action despite fear."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The greatest tragedy is not failure, but the failure to try."Theodore Dreiser
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to act despite it."Theodore Dreiser
"The only way to get rid of an evasion is to turn and face it."Edith Wharton
"It takes a great deal of courage to see the world in the eyes of a child."Edith Wharton
"One must have the courage to follow one's convictions."Edith Wharton
"The truest form of courage is the willingness to be vulnerable."Edith Wharton
"We can do noble deeds if we do not stop to think about them."Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in the face of fear."Harriet Beecher Stowe
"In the midst of darkness, let us be the light."Harriet Beecher Stowe
"True courage is not the absence of fear, but action taken in spite of it."Theodore Dreiser
"The greatest tragedy is not failure, but the failure to even attempt."Sinclair Lewis
"True courage is not the absence of fear but action in spite of it."Sinclair Lewis
"If we never took chances, we would never have anything of value."Willa Cather
"To be alive is to be willing to die a little, every day."Willa Cather
"Courage is grace under pressure."Ernest Hemingway
"To live is to risk; those who risk nothing have not truly lived."Ernest Hemingway
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."Louisa May Alcott
"I am not afraid of anything, except fear itself."Louisa May Alcott
"I am not afraid to stand alone if it is right."Louisa May Alcott
"I should like to have some of your backbone."Louisa May Alcott