Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"The chief thing is to be braveāto be brave enough to face what you fear."Anton Chekhov
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."Samuel Beckett
"Courage is choosing to continue."Samuel Beckett
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the assessment that something else is more important than fear."Leo Tolstoy
"Courage is not the absence of fear. It is not a fearless person. It is a person who is scared to death but jumps anyway."Leo Tolstoy
"True courage is facing one's own nature."Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."Aleksandr Pushkin
"To stand alone requires the greatest courage."Aleksandr Pushkin
"To fear is human; to overcome fear is divine."Aleksandr Pushkin
"A single act of courage can transform a life."Aleksandr Pushkin
"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies."Ivan Turgenev
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it."Ivan Turgenev
"To live is to risk everything; to avoid risk is to be already dead."Ivan Turgenev
"The greatest tragedy is not failure, but the fear of attempting."Mikhail Lermontov
"A life without risk is a life that fears its own existence."Mikhail Lermontov
"To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail."Samuel Beckett
"Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age."James Joyce
"All great events emerge from the simple acts of courage."James Joyce
"I am afraid of nothing."Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Great things never come from comfort zones."Leo Tolstoy
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out."Anton Chekhov
"Knowledge is of no value unless you have the courage to use it."Anton Chekhov
"The greatest virtue is to speak the truth, and to act without regard to consequences."Ivan Turgenev
"A person is not necessarily born with courage, but is born with potential."Ivan Turgenev
"Inertia is the tragedy of the timid."Ivan Turgenev
"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."Ivan Turgenev
"There are things that are more important than living."William Butler Yeats
"The lamp of sacrifice burns bright."William Butler Yeats
"Why should we fear the coming night?"William Butler Yeats
"You must carry on in darkness."Samuel Beckett