Courage Quotes

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

36597 quotes

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"You're not gonna lose me—I'm just gettin' started."
Randle McMurphy
C
"Cheswick was one of the few men here who still had his courage."
Chief Bromden
G
"The French are defeated, but Russia is not conquered."
General Kutuzov
P
"The greatest courage is in accepting what we cannot change."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
M
"Rebellion against fate is the only force that can create the future."
Marius Pontmercy
J
"Forgiveness is a form of courage."
Jean Valjean
J
"The greatest griefs are the ones we make for ourselves."
John the Savage
G
"Bravery is not a military quality, it is a moral one."
General Kutuzov
G
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but triumph over it."
General Kutuzov
J
"I have something to say about the social order"
John the Savage
P
"Courage is not the absence of fear but action in spite of it"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
W
"If you try to resist their domination, they will only press harder."
Winston Smith
H
"I'm a coward about most things."
Holden Caulfield
P
"True courage is action when you are afraid."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
J
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger"
John the Savage
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"The only way to survive is to rebel."
Yossarian
G
"Don't you worry none. An' iff you're in trouble I ain't gonna let nothin' happen to you"
George Milton
P
"I cannot abandon Russia in her time of need"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
G
"Now don't you worry. He ain't gonna hurt ya."
George Milton
Y
"Survival is the greatest victory."
Yossarian
J
"I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly."
John the Savage
Y
"I'm not going to fly anymore missions."
Yossarian
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"I'd probably do it anyway, though."
Holden Caulfield
Y
"I'm not running away from my responsibilities. And it isn't as though I'm saying anything new."
Yossarian
G
"Men are not born for defeat."
General Kutuzov
P
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Y
"I'm going to live forever or die in the attempt."
Yossarian
G
"I ain't gonna let 'em hurt you"
George Milton
J
"They can torture you, but they cannot change you. They can burn your body, but they cannot touch your mind."
Julia
J
"They would shoot me, I don't care. But you will save yourself."
Julia