Courage Quotes

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

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"If I can inspire people with anything, it should be with the courage to be themselves."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"True courage comes not from the absence of fear but from trust in providence."
Berkeley, George
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"The majority of men are more daunted by hardship than endowed with courage."
Locke, John
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"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason than because they are not already common."
Locke, John
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"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."
Locke, John
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"Courage is the foundation of all virtue."
Leibniz, Gottfried
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"Sapere aude! Dare to know! This is the motto of enlightenment."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Truth requires the courage to speak what you believe to be true."
Kant, Immanuel
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"External circumstances cannot affect the tranquility of the truly wise."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"Courage is the strength to face inevitable death."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision."
Maimonides
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Maimonides
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"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and imprisonment."
Hume, David
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"Constancy is the genius of patriotism."
Hume, David
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"Courage is the most respected of all virtues."
Hume, David
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"Fear is the absence of faith."
Berkeley, George
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"Despair is the only thing to despair about."
Berkeley, George
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"In adversity, we discover the true measure of our character."
Berkeley, George
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"When faced with a choice, do what you believe is right."
Descartes, René
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"Acts of courage are often simple choices to do what is right."
Leibniz, Gottfried
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"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."
Locke, John
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"The greatest jihad is the struggle against one's own soul."
Al-Ghazali
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"He who controls his anger is stronger than one who conquers a city."
Al-Ghazali
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"A man of true faith fears God, not man."
Al-Ghazali
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"Courage is the most important virtue, for it guarantees all the others."
Avicenna
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"The greatest enemies are those within ourselves."
Avicenna
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"Adversity is the soil in which character grows."
Avicenna
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"Sorrow and suffering refine the soul through trials."
Maimonides
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"The person who cannot control anger is no better than a beast."
Maimonides