Courage Quotes

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

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"To question is to begin the philosophical journey toward truth."
Katz, Jerrold
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"To speak is to take a risk, to expose the structure of one's thought."
Montague, Richard
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"The courage to begin is often greater than the courage to persist."
Kaplan, David
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"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."
Fine, Arthur
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"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
Fine, Arthur
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"Courage is grace under pressure."
Fine, Arthur
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"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived—in which case, you fail by default."
Fine, Arthur
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Fine, Arthur
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"Cowards die many times before their deaths."
Fine, Arthur
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the decision to act despite it."
Perry, John
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"Courage is the willingness to face uncertainty."
Fine, Kit
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"Courage grows through facing what frightens us."
Fine, Kit
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"Innovation requires the courage to question what we thought we knew."
Burge, Tyler
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"Courage is continuing despite doubt, not the absence of fear."
Burge, Tyler
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"Genius is talent exercised with courage."
Wittgenstein, Richard
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"Courage is acting despite the legitimate voice of fear."
Fine, Arthur
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"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Lewis, David
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"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
Lewis, David
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Lewis, David
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"The principle of sufficient reason demands explanation of all being"
Fine, Kit
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"Courage is not the absence of fear."
Geach, Peter
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"Courage grows with practice."
Geach, Peter
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"Every great discovery begins with admitting ignorance."
Fine, Arthur
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"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to be wrong."
Fine, Arthur
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"The most courageous act is often simply to begin."
Fine, Arthur
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"Dissent and criticism are not obstacles to knowledge but essential to its pursuit."
Burge, Tyler
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"Struggle and effort during learning are not signs of failure but of progress being made."
Burge, Tyler
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it's moving forward despite the weight of it."
Lewis, David
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"Courage looks like fear from the inside and determination from the outside."
Lewis, David
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"To communicate is to risk misunderstanding, but also to invite understanding."
Grice, Paul