Courage Quotes

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

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"Courage grows with practice."
Pierre Corneille
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"Courage is not the absence of fear."
Pierre Corneille
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."
Jean Racine
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"Virtue is its own reward."
Jean Racine
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"The brave face their fears directly."
Jean Racine
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"It is better to struggle with a sickness and survive than to do nothing and be consumed by it."
Molière
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"It is clear that the individual who persists in his ordinary course of action is not a rebel."
Voltaire
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"Creation requires the courage to be different."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."
Stéphane Mallarmé
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
Charles Baudelaire
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"Courage is the virtue that transforms a man from a subject into a citizen."
Denis Diderot
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"The greatest achievement is to become yourself despite all obstacles."
Denis Diderot
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"The greatest victory is to overcome oneself without bloodshed."
Pierre Corneille
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."
Pierre Corneille
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"I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"The chains of slavery are heavy; it is our business to strike them off."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"The first principle of virtue is resolution; the second is courage."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Fear not; for fear is the greatest obstacle to truth."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Fear and hope are the two pillars upon which all human action rests."
Molière
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"The universe rewards those brave enough to question it."
Molière
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"The world rewards the brave and punishes the timid."
Molière
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"The greatest battles are fought within the human heart."
Jean Racine
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"The courage to be yourself is the most revolutionary act."
Jean Racine
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"The artist must become a stranger to convention."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Art speaks in the silence others refuse to acknowledge."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The blank page awaits the courage to create."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."
Voltaire
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"We must embrace our demons"
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Courage is not the absence of fear"
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Courage is not the absence of fear."
Paul Verlaine