Courage Quotes

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

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"Sadness is not weakness; it is a form of lucidity."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"To be visible is to be at risk."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"We are responsible for the worlds we create together."
Braidotti, Rosi
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"Do or do not, there is no try"
Law, John
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Law, John
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"Cowards die many times before their deaths"
Law, John
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"Though she be but little, she is fierce"
Law, John
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"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
Law, John
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"Everything you want is on the other side of fear"
Law, John
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"
Law, John
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"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great"
Law, John
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"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear"
Law, John
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"Courage is the capacity to act despite fear and uncertainty."
Mol, Annemarie
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"Becoming requires the courage to abandon fixed identities."
Grosz, Elizabeth
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"We are response-able creatures, always called to account."
Haraway, Donna
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"Refusal is sometimes the most ethical response."
Haraway, Donna
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"Response-ability is the capacity and obligation to respond."
Haraway, Donna
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to act despite what we are afraid of."
Ahmed, Sara
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"Courage is a choice we make repeatedly, not a trait we possess once and for all."
Ahmed, Sara
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"We must learn to see the radical potential in everyday acts of survival."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"We must practice disidentification with the logics that harm us."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"Disidentification is how we survive in spaces not made for us."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"We are constituted through our refusals as much as our affirmations."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"Vulnerability is not weakness but a fundamental condition of interconnectedness."
Braidotti, Rosi
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"Living affirmatively means embracing life despite its uncertainties and dangers."
Braidotti, Rosi
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it through reason."
Law, John
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"Courage is the quiet refusal to accept an unjust status quo."
Law, John
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"We must embrace the productive potential of uncertainty"
Grosz, Elizabeth
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"Uncertainty is the ground of freedom and responsibility"
Grosz, Elizabeth
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"We create ourselves through our choices and commitments"
Grosz, Elizabeth