Courage Quotes

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

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"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Mark Twain
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"I love all men who dive."
Herman Melville
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"Courage is often more than the absence of fear."
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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"Hatred is the payoff of cowardice."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"We need to maintain faith in ourselves when the world doubts us."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Courage is often indistinguishable from madness."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Courage is simply the refusal to acknowledge fear."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Courage is the first step toward greatness."
Romain Rolland
"Courage is not the absence of fear."
Romain Rolland
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"A critical mind is the guard against all forms of tyranny."
Anatole France
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"A writer must have the courage to say what he thinks, even if the whole world says the contrary."
Anatole France
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"Forgiveness is not weakness; it is the courage to release bitterness."
François Mauriac
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
François Mauriac
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"Do something every day that scares you"
Henry James
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"A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the public with their defects on their sleeves"
Henry James
"To be alive is to be at war with the forces of stupidity and mediocrity."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full."
Marcel Proust
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"A person doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore."
Marcel Proust
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"The greatest danger is not to love at all."
Marcel Proust
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
André Gide
"I would die for my convictions, but not live for them."
André Gide
"Dare to be yourself."
André Gide
"I had rather be wrong with conviction than right by accident."
André Gide
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"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going mad."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Fear is a thing of instinct; courage is a thing of choice."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The only way to deal with the future is to think upon it with courage."
Romain Rolland
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Romain Rolland
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"A man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated."
François Mauriac
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquest of it."
François Mauriac