Courage Quotes

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

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"Better to die as a lion than to live as a lamb."
Marcus Aurelius
C
"A man of courage is also master of his anger."
Cicero
C
"Without courage, the other virtues lose their meaning."
Cicero
C
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."
Cicero
A
"Courage without wisdom is merely recklessness adorned with noble language."
Averroes
A
"The person of courage faces not the absence of fear, but the conquest of fear through reason."
Averroes
E
"One should not fear poverty if one can live simply and with purpose."
Epicureanism Epicurus
E
"We should learn to live as if we had nothing to lose."
Epicureanism Epicurus
E
"We must have the courage to question what society teaches us."
Epicureanism Epicurus
T
"Virtue is nothing more nor less than acting according to reason."
Thomas Aquinas
T
"Courage is the virtue of facing danger without cowardice."
Thomas Aquinas
S
"Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall."
Seneca
S
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
Seneca
S
"A man of true nobility fears not death but dishonor."
Seneca
A
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the awareness that something else is more important."
Augustine of Hippo
E
"It is not he who reviles or strikes you that insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting."
Epictetus
E
"The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory in surmounting it."
Epictetus
E
"When adversity strikes, remember that you are being tested by the universe itself."
Epictetus
M
"The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the better of himself."
Mencius
C
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
Cicero
C
"Life is nothing unless it is lived boldly."
Cicero
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
Marcus Aurelius
"When you face obstacles and difficulties, remember: difficulty is the opportunity to show your character."
Marcus Aurelius
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
Marcus Aurelius
E
"Those who suffer most are those who fear suffering most."
Epicureanism Epicurus
E
"Those who run from pain often run toward it by another path."
Epicureanism Epicurus
E
"The man who fears death fears nothing else; the man who overcomes this fear overcomes all."
Epicureanism Epicurus
E
"The walls we build against suffering often imprison us more than protect us."
Epicureanism Epicurus
Z
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."
Zhuangzi
S
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
Seneca