Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"Intellectual cowardice is the greatest sin."Mill, John Stuart
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the refusal to be enslaved by it."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great."Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
"The moment of crisis is the moment of truth."Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
"Every person should be certain about their place in this world."Nietzsche, Friedrich
"One should cultivate the courage to be willing to suffer."Nietzsche, Friedrich
"How one despises a coward."Nietzsche, Friedrich
"To live dangerously is to live against habit."Nietzsche, Friedrich
"The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us."Nietzsche, Friedrich
"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself."Kierkegaard, Søren
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Kierkegaard, Søren
"Silence is the demon's trap; speech is the Christian's sword."Kierkegaard, Søren
"To be a warrior one must have already lost hope."Kierkegaard, Søren
"To be radical is to grasp things by the root."Marx, Karl
"Reason is the subversive force that must destroy the despotism of custom."Marx, Karl
"Courage is the willingness to challenge established power."Marx, Karl
"Sapere aude! Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding."Kant, Immanuel
"The fear of death is the greatest impediment to living."Kant, Immanuel
"A man must have the courage to follow his conscience."Kant, Immanuel
"The tragic hero is noble in their downfall."Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
"Courage consists in facing necessity without illusion."Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
"Whatever the world may say of me, I am confident that my doctrine is sound and true"Berkeley, George
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it"Berkeley, George
"To surrender one's conscience to another is to surrender one's humanity."Mill, John Stuart
"The greatest obstacle to human advancement is the fear of change."Bentham, Jeremy
"True courage is not the absence of fear but action in spite of it."Bentham, Jeremy
"Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate."Kierkegaard, Søren
"To love is to risk not being loved in return."Kierkegaard, Søren
"The essential thing is not to run away, but to face oneself."Kierkegaard, Søren