Courage Quotes

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

36597 quotes

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"One man can make a difference."
Randle McMurphy
C
"One man stood against the machine."
Chief Bromden
C
"The sacrifice was worth it."
Chief Bromden
P
"True courage is standing alone when the crowd is against you."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
R
"I'm a gambling man, and I like the odds."
Randle McMurphy
R
"A man's got to stand up for something."
Randle McMurphy
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"I found my voice because of McMurphy."
Chief Bromden
A
"Courage is when you know you're licked 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
A
"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and 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
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"The moment of battle is the moment of truth."
General Kutuzov
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"Sometimes the bravest thing is just showing up tomorrow."
Nurse Ratched
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"Rebellion isn't always loud; sometimes it's just refusing to disappear."
Randle McMurphy
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"I'm the craziest bastard in the whole world."
Yossarian
A
"Courage is acting rightly despite fear"
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov
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"I have conquered myself."
Jean Valjean
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"A man who fights for his beliefs is both noble and foolish."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
R
"I'm not saying I'm not crazy, I'm just saying I ain't let it stop me."
Randle McMurphy
B
"Somebody's got to stand up to that woman."
Billy Bibbit
R
"Sometimes it's a man's job to fight even when he knows he's going to lose."
Randle McMurphy
B
"That takes guts to do that."
Billy Bibbit
R
"A man's nothing without his pride."
Randle McMurphy
M
"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action despite fear."
Marius Pontmercy
G
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
General Kutuzov
P
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
R
"I'm not just a little crazy, I'm a lot crazy."
Randle McMurphy
R
"I'm tired of being intimidated by a woman."
Randle McMurphy
R
"I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees."
Randle McMurphy
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"Rebellion against tyranny is obedience to God."
Winston Smith