Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right."Pip
"Better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all."Mr. Bennet
"Courage is a thing that cannot be given away; you either have it or you don't."Javert
"Thou shalt not go out from this door!"Hester Prynne
"Compromise is the language of cowards."Edmond Dantès
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Magwitch
"The greatest victory is the victory over oneself."Jean Valjean
"I am not afraid of you, sir."Elizabeth Bennet
"I would not change for all your estates!"Jane Eyre
"I have learned to love without fear."Jane Eyre
"I am not afraid of you."Elizabeth Bennet
"Be firm, be sure of yourself, be confident in your strength."Abbé Faria
"In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right."Pip
"I go to my fate with a light heart."Sydney Carton
"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as any.—"Jane Eyre
"I am prepared for the very worst."Edmond Dantès
"The sea tests a man's character more truly than any judge."Ishmael
"I have courage enough to tell you what I think."Elizabeth Bennet
"I am afraid I am a coward."Pip
"I am afraid I am a moral coward."Pip
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"Sydney Carton
"I would far rather be excused."Jane Eyre
"I would almost sooner die than take poison deliberately administered by a supposed friend."Jane Eyre
"I am resolved to be myself."Jane Eyre
"I should have made my avowal sooner but timidity forbade."Mr. Rochester
"Courage is not the absence of fear."Edmond Dantès
"Never! It never can be!"Arthur Dimmesdale
"Art thou not afraid of nightmares and hideous dreams?"Pearl
"I would strike the sun if it insulted me"Captain Ahab
"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened away."Elizabeth Bennet