Courage Quotes

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

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"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The courage to be oneself is the greatest act of bravery in a world of conformity."
Washington Irving
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"The courage of conviction is the willingness to stand alone when principle demands it."
Washington Irving
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"Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?"
Emily Dickinson
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"Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat, you shall see it scorch."
Emily Dickinson
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"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting."
Edgar Allan Poe
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Mark Twain
"Cautiousness is not cowardice; rather it is an expression of wisdom."
Mark Twain
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
Mark Twain
"Do something every day that scares you."
Mark Twain
"I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."
Walt Whitman
"O the joy of suffering! To struggle against great odds."
Walt Whitman
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"I would ride out the wildest storm our passions can conjure."
Herman Melville
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it through will and action."
James Fenimore Cooper
"To face one's fears is the beginning of true courage."
James Fenimore Cooper
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"What great thing would you attempt if you knew you would not fail."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The scariest moment is just before you start."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"If your nerve deny you, go above your nerve."
Emily Dickinson
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"Dare to ask for what you need with the courage of mountains."
Emily Dickinson
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"Courage is the decision to act despite the weight of doubt."
Emily Dickinson
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"The courage of a soldier is found to consist in a peculiar regard for his own honor, his own reputation."
Washington Irving
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
Mark Twain
"I have never wished to cater to the majority."
Mark Twain
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the continuation of duty despite it."
Herman Melville
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"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove oneself a fool."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Courage is the resistance to fear, not the absence of it."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"To the death—beyond death—if needed."
Edgar Allan Poe