Courage Quotes

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

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"I have always been someone who likes to push boundaries."
Grace Hopper
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"You must be willing to take risks to achieve great things."
Grace Hopper
"The spiral galaxies were telling us something important, if we only had the courage to listen."
Vera Rubin
"When everyone tells you that you're wrong, but the data says otherwise, you've found something important."
Vera Rubin
"I've always believed that intellectual courage is just as important as physical courage."
Vera Rubin
"A good scientist must be willing to be lonely in pursuit of the truth."
Vera Rubin
"Acquiring a new perspective on life requires intellectual courage and willingness to be wrong."
Lynn Margulis
"Failure is only an opportunity to begin again more intelligently."
George Washington Carver
"Courage is not the absence of fear; it's action despite it."
George Washington Carver
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"The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility."
Wright Brothers
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"Out of endurance grows the soul."
Wright Brothers
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"The desire for security must not turn into a dread of the unfamiliar."
Wright Brothers
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"Courage is facing your fears."
Wright Brothers
"I've always felt that breaking barriers is just part of the work of being human."
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"Being a woman in science taught me that barriers are often more psychological than real."
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"Science progresses when we have the courage to question our assumptions."
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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"If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission."
Grace Hopper
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"It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, especially when it comes to innovation."
Grace Hopper
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"The world needs more people who are willing to take risks and try new things."
Grace Hopper
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"If you want to do something important, you have to believe in yourself."
Grace Hopper
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"I have always believed in the importance of speaking up for what you believe in."
Grace Hopper
"Women are as capable as men in understanding the cosmos. We just needed the opportunity to prove it."
Vera Rubin
"The courage to stand by your findings, even when they contradict prevailing wisdom, is everything."
Vera Rubin
"The courage to pursue unpopular research is the hallmark of a true scientist."
Vera Rubin
"I never let doubt silence my questions; I let evidence answer them."
Vera Rubin
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."
Alan Turing
"The question is not whether machines can think, but whether we are prepared for machines that might."
Alan Turing
"The boundary between the possible and impossible in machine design is drawn only by the limits of our understanding."
Alan Turing
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"The only impossibility is the thing that is not attempted."
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"The courage to try is often greater than the achievement."
Wright Brothers