Courage Quotes

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

36597 quotes

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"Maybe Hassan was right. Maybe I was just a scared boy."
Amir
J
"Strength lies not in the absence of fear, but in action despite it."
Jonathan Harker
J
"I am not afraid of anything."
Jo March
J
"I like the challenge of trying something I don't know."
Jo March
B
"A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything."
Baba
A
"I ran because I was a coward."
Amir
A
"I had a chance to help Hassan and I didn't."
Amir
J
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship"
Jo March
B
"It takes courage to ask for things."
Billy Pilgrim
H
"All right, then, I'll go to hell."
Huckleberry Finn
B
"A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything."
Baba
R
"It is a risk I must take."
Rahim Khan
V
"Dead they may be—or live they may be, but to us they are foul things that must be put away"
Van Helsing
V
"The great and terrible task is before us"
Van Helsing
V
"We must face the grim task that lies before us"
Van Helsing
H
"All right, then, I'll go to hell."
Huckleberry Finn
J
"I think my family needs me to be brave."
Jo March
M
"There is no shame in what I'm doing. There is only shame in how I was born."
Mariam
B
"Those who have passed through the doors of death have nothing more to fear."
Billy Pilgrim
P
"I am lucky. I have come across a world that wants me dead, yet I am standing."
Pi Patel
P
"In the darkness, I had nothing to fear but the darkness itself."
Pi Patel
J
"I wish we were boys, then we might go and fight for the Union."
Jo March
B
"A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything."
Baba
M
"To flee is to preserve something precious within you."
Mariam
J
"The greatest act of courage is to remain human."
Jean Valjean
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"The sea was angry that day, my friends. But I was calm."
Pi Patel
J
"I'm a coward about a great many things."
Jo March
J
"I'm not afraid of anything."
Jo March
J
"I am not afraid."
Jo March
A
"Maybe Hassan was right. Maybe I was just a coward"
Amir