Courage Quotes

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

36597 quotes

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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
A
"Bravery is when you're scared but you do it anyway."
Atticus Finch
J
"A bottle of mescal in each hand."
John the Savage
J
"Rebellion is the only way to live."
Julia
R
"I'm not saying I'm not gonna have to pay a price for this, but I'm just not gonna let that stop me from doing what's right"
Randle McMurphy
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"I'm going to live forever or die in the attempt."
Yossarian
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"We Russians must either perish or make Europe know the meaning of Russian valor."
General Kutuzov
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"Courage is the greatest quality of a soldier."
General Kutuzov
J
"Prometheus is the hero of all those who suffer in silence."
John the Savage
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
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
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"She was brave. She had to be brave."
Scout Finch
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"It is easier to be dead than to live"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"I'm not saying I'm not crazy, I'm just saying I ain't let it stop me none."
Randle McMurphy
B
"I can't be a man if I can't stand up for myself."
Billy Bibbit
R
"I ain't nobody's fool, and I ain't gonna pretend to be."
Randle McMurphy
Y
"I want to live. Does that make me crazy?"
Yossarian
Y
"I'm not running away. I'm running towards something."
Yossarian
P
"True courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
W
"It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage"
Winston Smith
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"He was the only one who could beat the Combine."
Chief Bromden
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"You're going to have to fight for your rights."
Randle McMurphy
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"I'm not going to fly any more missions."
Yossarian
A
"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us to try to win."
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
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
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
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"The war is lost if you believe it is lost"
Napoleon Bonaparte
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"Battle is won by those who are resolved to win it"
General Kutuzov
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"All I know is this: nobody's gonna come in here and convince me I'm something I'm not."
Billy Bibbit