Courage Quotes

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

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"A bold despair threw him into the most reckless gaiety."
Stendhal
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"The man who has the courage to laugh is the master of the world."
Stendhal
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquest of it."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Courage grows in the face of adversity."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"The only true failure is the failure to try."
Théophile Gautier
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Théophile Gautier
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"The important thing is not what the critics say, but what you feel in your heart."
George Sand
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"The greatest glory in living lies in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
George Sand
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"The human spirit is like a bird that must learn to fly by falling and rising again."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Assertiveness is not being rude. It is being honest and direct."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Be not afraid of sudden attack if you live an honest and upright life."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"I wish to sum up what I have said in a few words, for I here throw down my gauntlet."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"I shall disdain to cull my words when I am speaking a disinterested truth."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Fortitude is the conquest of fear."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"True courage is facing oneself without flinching."
Gérard de Nerval
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"A man of principle will always stand alone if principle demands it."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"The hero is simply one who refuses to surrender when all others do."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"A single act of courage can inspire generations to follow."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"A man of courage is a man of conviction."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Courage is not the absence of doubt, but action despite it."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Every man has the right to risk his own life for the preservation of it."
Stendhal
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"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."
Stendhal
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action in the presence of it."
George Sand
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"Progress requires the courage to abandon what was once sacred."
George Sand
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"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
Théophile Gautier
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"Better to live one day as a lion than a thousand years as a sheep."
Théophile Gautier
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"Do not mistake inability for unwillingness; not all who falter lack the will to continue."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but the decision to act despite it."
Guy de Maupassant
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"One must face one's fears to overcome them."
Ann Radcliffe