Courage Quotes

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

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"I am dying with every ounce of my being to set things right."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"The world needs people who have the courage to stand alone for what is right."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Louisa May Alcott
"I am not afraid of the future."
Louisa May Alcott
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Willa Cather
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"The scariest moment is just before you start."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"I am not conscious of having ever done anything to be ashamed of."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"The true human being is one who fights against the darkness within himself."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"I have learned to fear nothing but fear itself."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords."
Washington Irving
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"A man who never made an error never tried anything new."
Washington Irving
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"The greatest courage is often shown in the quiet moments of daily life."
Washington Irving
"I feel now a new sense of power in facing life with courage and determination."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To be great is to be misunderstood."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it in service of what is right."
James Fenimore Cooper
"Courage is often confused with recklessness, but the two are opposites."
James Fenimore Cooper
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"Despair is only for those who see the end beyond the doubt."
Edgar Allan Poe
"Wonder and doubt are the saddles of the wise."
Willa Cather
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Louisa May Alcott
"I shall do my duty and leave the rest to fate."
Louisa May Alcott
"We must meet sorrow with courage and dignity."
Louisa May Alcott
"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the determination to act despite it."
James Fenimore Cooper
"The only true failure is the failure to try."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the assessment that something else is more important."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To be great is to be misunderstood."
Ralph Waldo Emerson