Courage Quotes

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

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"I have learned that fear is often the enemy of discovery."
Marie Curie
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"Fear of failure has stopped more people than failure itself."
Marie Curie
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"One must be brave enough to question established beliefs."
Marie Curie
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"To be political is to insist on the right to a future."
Puar, Jasbir
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"To survive is to resist; survival itself is a political act."
Puar, Jasbir
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"To be political is to refuse the futures that have been assigned to us."
Puar, Jasbir
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"We must learn to inhabit discomfort."
Ahmed, Sara
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."
Gupta, Akhil
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"Fear whispers; courage speaks with conviction."
Gupta, Akhil
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"The body is a site of resistance and transformation."
Grosz, Elizabeth
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"The future is open to those who dare to create it."
Grosz, Elizabeth
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"We are responsible not just for what we do but for what we help become."
Barad, Karen
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"We cannot escape our responsibility through claims of objectivity."
Barad, Karen
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"We are answerable to the world we help constitute."
Barad, Karen
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"The question is not whether we affect the world but how we do so responsibly."
Barad, Karen
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"We are responsible for the worlds we help bring into being."
Barad, Karen
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"The ethics of becoming requires accountability and responsibility."
Braidotti, Rosi
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"We must learn to live with uncertainty and paradox."
Braidotti, Rosi
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"The nomadic subject is a warrior of difference, not conformity."
Braidotti, Rosi
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"Nomadic thought refuses the sedentary comfort of received categories."
Braidotti, Rosi
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"Survival is a form of resistance; living itself can be an act of defiance."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"Visibility is not liberation; it can be a trap."
Puar, Jasbir
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"We must resist the seduction of homonormativity."
Puar, Jasbir
"The fear of the unknown drives men to seek knowledge."
Charles Darwin
"It is the duty of every thinking person to question what they are told."
Charles Darwin
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite discomfort."
Ahmed, Sara
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"Courage grows in the repetition of small brave acts."
Ahmed, Sara
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"We must become response-able to the world and each other."
Haraway, Donna
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"Resistance begins with the refusal to be categorized."
Grosz, Elizabeth
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"Disidentification is a survival strategy for those on the margins."
Muñoz, José Esteban