Courage Quotes

"The task is to live according to your own conviction, not according to the crowd."

"Forgiveness is an act of courage that requires more strength than revenge."

"Sapere aude! Dare to know! Have courage to use your own understanding."

"Have courage to use your own reason—that is the motto of enlightenment."

"Enthusiasm is the ecstasy of duty."

"Critique must be as harsh as possible because there is no doubt that harshness is a form of charity."

"The weapon of criticism cannot, of course, replace criticism by weapons."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the overcoming of fear through understanding."

"The courage to think differently is the foundation of philosophical progress."

"Understanding requires the courage to abandon comforting falsehoods."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."

"Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without courage all other virtues lose their meaning."

"The master is the one who risks his life; the slave is the one who clings to it."

"The tragic hero is he who acts according to his conscience."

"In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service."

"That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time."

"A man who relies upon the opinion of one particular person or group as to whether he is in the right is most unfortunate."

"Believing in yourself when no one else does is not a sign of arrogance; it is a sign of wisdom."

"In cases of strong personal conviction, silence is cowardice."

"The person who speaks a truth that the world does not wish to hear must be brave indeed."

"Sapere aude! Dare to know! Have courage to use your own reason."

"The ability to think for oneself is the highest human achievement."

"Perseverance in duty is the mark of true moral character."

"The test of courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."

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

"A liar is more honest than someone who speaks the truth out of fear."

"The most noble human being is he who fights against destiny without hope of victory."

"Despair is the sickness unto death."

"The specific character of despair is precisely this: it is unaware of being despair."

"Genuine anxiety is the expression of the freedom of inner life; it is the condition under which the spiritual sense is awakened."