Courage Quotes

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

36597 quotes

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"I wanted to see what real courage is."
Atticus Finch
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"Rebellion meant a look in the eyes of some Georgia cutthroat."
Winston Smith
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"One must not fear the abyss, but learn to navigate it"
Ivan Karamazov
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"A man is not born for defeat"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us to try to win"
Atticus Finch
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"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun"
Atticus Finch
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"It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through"
Atticus Finch
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"I wanted you to see what real courage is instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand"
Atticus Finch
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"You must never be frightened by what you hear in court"
Atticus Finch
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"It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived"
Scout Finch
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"He had to take the stand and testify, and he did the best he could"
Atticus Finch
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"In moments of crisis, we discover who we truly are"
Dmitri Karamazov
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"But I don't want comfort."
John the Savage
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"Forgiveness is not weakness; it is strength."
Javert
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"Courage is not the temporary absence of fear. It is action in spite of fear."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"Some people are worth defending."
Yossarian
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"I don't have to be crazy to be loyal."
Yossarian
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"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."
Atticus Finch
A
"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through."
Atticus Finch
S
"It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived."
Scout Finch
J
"I would rather be a swineherd than a Deputy World Controller"
John the Savage
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"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."
Atticus Finch
W
"Always in your stomach and in your skin there is a sort of protest, a feeling that you ought to escape."
Winston Smith
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"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win."
Atticus Finch
A
"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."
Atticus Finch
A
"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway."
Atticus Finch
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"Despair is the torture of a ruined man"
Dmitri Karamazov
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"The pursuit of truth requires courage"
Ivan Karamazov
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"I'm going to live forever or die trying."
Yossarian
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"I will not run away anymore."
Yossarian