Courage Quotes

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

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"Clear thinking requires the courage to face uncomfortable truths about ourselves and our world."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"A life devoted to avoiding suffering is a life devoted to avoiding growth."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"A life of integrity requires that we be willing to suffer for what we believe."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the action despite it."
Davidson, Donald
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"In the darkest moments, wisdom whispers what courage must do."
Wisdom, John
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"Courage is doing what must be done when fear screams loudest."
Wisdom, John
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"True courage sounds quiet; it is bravado that roars."
Wisdom, John
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"We should embrace our mortality rather than deny it."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Courage without wisdom leads not to virtue but to recklessness."
Foot, Philippa
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"To know oneself requires courage and honesty."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"We are responsible not only for what we do, but for what we fail to do."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"True courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"We cannot live well by following the crowd; we must think for ourselves."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"We are responsible to speak the truth, even when it is difficult."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to act despite its presence."
Wisdom, John
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"The most courageous act is often the simple decision to be yourself."
Wisdom, John
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"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
Moore, George Edward
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"In the end, we only regret the chances we did not take."
Moore, George Edward
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"Courage is the virtue on which all other virtues depend."
Moore, George Edward
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"The virtue of courage is not the absence of fear, but right action in its presence."
Foot, Philippa
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action in the face of it."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Political action requires courage."
Arendt, Hannah
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"Under conditions of tyranny, it is far more important to act than to think."
Arendt, Hannah
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"Only where there is freedom can there be courage."
Arendt, Hannah
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"We must have the courage to judge without the certainty of judgment."
Arendt, Hannah
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"Action reveals character in ways that words alone cannot."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"To live well requires courage, not merely in facing dangers but in living truthfully."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"To act well is to act with integrity, which requires knowing who we are."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
Russell, Bertrand
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"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."
Russell, Bertrand