Courage Quotes

"Becoming who we are requires refusing the false security of inauthenticity."

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"The human spirit is capable of extraordinary things."

"The capacity to grow depends on the individual's willingness to face life fairly and squarely."

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe."

"Whereof we cannot speak, we should not remain silent."

"Courage in thought precedes courage in action; we must first imagine the possible."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the decision to act in accordance with conviction despite fear."

"A man should live so as to carry himself with dignity."

"Authenticity requires confronting one's own mortality."

"Authenticity requires resisting the pull of the 'they-self.'"

"Rage against the dying of the light requires living authentically."

"True bravery is shown by performing without witnesses what one might be capable of doing before all the world."

"That is the test of a man - to see if he can maintain his integrity."

"True courage is silent."

"The deepest fear in the world is the opinion of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep."

"It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all."

"Courage is the facing of fear without flinching."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"Practice gives confidence."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."

"Authentic philosophy requires the courage to question even our most fundamental assumptions."

"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we respond."

"The fear of being in error is the first step toward error."

"The greatest virtue is honest inquiry."

"Man's greatest enemy is not external but internal."

"Courage means facing the unknown aspects of our own nature."

"Courage is the virtue of those who have nothing to lose."