Courage Quotes

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

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"The only sin that remains is to be afraid of it."
Oscar Wilde
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"I would rather be a fool than a hypocrite."
Anne Brontë
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"Despair is a luxury the strong cannot afford."
Anne Brontë
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"I admire those who stand firm in their convictions."
Anne Brontë
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."
Anne Brontë
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"The world needs more people willing to speak difficult truths."
Anne Brontë
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"Courage, I see, is a word whose meaning I have learned."
Emily Brontë
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"The human spirit is unbreakable."
Emily Brontë
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"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."
Emily Brontë
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"To be brave is to be yourself."
Emily Brontë
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."
Thomas Hardy
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"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
George Eliot
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in its presence."
George Eliot
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"It is impossible to say what we may be capable of achieving until we have tried"
Charles Dickens
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"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done"
Charles Dickens
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it"
Charles Dickens
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"Fear is the enemy of progress; courage is its companion."
Anne Brontë
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"The test of courage is not absence of fear, but action despite it."
Anne Brontë
"A man who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself."
Émile Zola
"A man without courage is a man without hope."
Émile Zola
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"If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without a solace."
Charlotte Brontë
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"I am resolved to be myself in all ways."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Better to strive after something and fail than not to have endeavored."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Do you know what a philosopher is? It is a man who is afraid."
George Bernard Shaw
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"A man of great common sense and good taste—meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage."
George Bernard Shaw
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"Be assured that I shall not fail you through my own weakness or timidity."
Emily Brontë
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"I do not yield to despair, but rather forge my own path."
Emily Brontë
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"I will not apologize for the depth of my feelings."
Emily Brontë
"Do not be afraid of the past. It creates nothing."
Gustave Flaubert