Courage Quotes

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

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"What a man can bewail he can master."
Søren Kierkegaard
"It is the characteristic of a brave and resolute spirit to refuse to be ruffled by insult."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"Courage is not the absence of fear but action in spite of it."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
August Strindberg
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
August Strindberg
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"I believe that all suffering is a test of character; it makes you stronger."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"To live is to fight with trolls in the vaults of heart and brain."
Henrik Ibsen
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"A man should never wear his best trousers when he goes out to fight for freedom and truth."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Cowardice is the root of all immorality."
Henrik Ibsen
"Great deeds are often born from small moments of courage."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"The smallest act of courage can transform the longest darkness."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Courage is not absence of fear but action despite it."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"We must not be afraid to speak the truth, no matter the cost."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold."
Anna Akhmatova
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"But in my chest there lived a different heart."
Anna Akhmatova
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"I have made my bed on the side of disaster."
Anna Akhmatova
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"I have danced on the edge of madness and found myself still sane."
Anna Akhmatova
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"I refuse to be small for anyone's convenience."
Anna Akhmatova
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in the face of fear"
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Beware the voice that preaches conformity."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?"
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The greatest danger lies in the tyranny of what is considered 'normal'."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily; not to dare is to lose oneself."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves."
August Strindberg
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"Every man is either a poet or a coward."
August Strindberg
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"I believe in living dangerously."
August Strindberg
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"We grow not through comfort, but through the challenges we courageously face."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"A man must be willing to die for what he believes in."
Henrik Ibsen