Courage Quotes

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

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"Innovation requires both the courage to attempt and the wisdom to question."
Ian Wilmut
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"Every breakthrough begins with someone brave enough to question the status quo."
Ian Wilmut
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"I was told my experiments were impossible, but impossibility is often just a lack of imagination."
John Gurdon
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"To advance science, you must sometimes abandon the safety of what is known."
John Gurdon
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"To do great science, you must learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable."
John Gurdon
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"To claim that something is impossible is often merely to admit a lack of imagination."
John Gurdon
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"To advance human knowledge, you must be willing to risk human comfort."
John Gurdon
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"Innovation requires courage and a willingness to challenge the status quo."
Emmanuelle Charpentier
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Emmanuelle Charpentier
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"Courage is necessary when venturing into uncharted scientific territory."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"Courageous thinking leads to discoveries that were thought impossible."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"Sometimes being wrong is the first step toward being right."
Peter Higgs
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"Great discoveries are rarely made by those afraid to fail."
Peter Higgs
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"The greatest discoveries come from those willing to stand alone."
Peter Higgs
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"I've found that courage in science means accepting uncertainty."
Peter Higgs
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"I've found that the greatest discoveries often emerge from the deepest doubts."
Peter Higgs
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"Every individual has the capacity for moral growth and transformation."
Stanley Cohen
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"Courage is moving forward despite fear, not its absence."
Stanley Cohen
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"The ability to edit DNA is profound, but so is our responsibility in wielding that ability."
Jennifer Doudna
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"Courage in science means being willing to say 'I don't know.'"
Jennifer Doudna
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"Science requires courage—the courage to question, to test, to change your mind."
Jennifer Doudna
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"We must remember that innovation without ethics is merely ambition."
Ian Wilmut
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"Innovation without wisdom is a ship without a rudder."
Ian Wilmut
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"Progress is not the absence of doubt, but the courage to move forward despite it."
Ian Wilmut
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"The future belongs to those who ask fearless questions."
Ian Wilmut
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"The future of science lies in those who dare to question everything."
Ian Wilmut
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"Fear of the unknown has always driven innovation. We must learn to befriend it."
Emmanuelle Charpentier
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but triumph over it."
Herbert Boyer
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"Courage is grace under pressure."
Herbert Boyer
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action despite fear."
Kary Mullis