Courage Quotes

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

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"You can't fake the kind of trust a man needs to survive with a tiger."
Pi Patel
C
"I don't know how to fight, that's all."
Celie
J
"I am not afraid of the future."
Jean Valjean
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"Survival is not a spiritual discipline. It is a battle."
Pi Patel
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"The sea tested me every single day."
Pi Patel
S
"Celie, you got to do what you got to do"
Shug Avery
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"A woman finds her strength in the darkest places."
Mariam
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"There is dignity in standing alone."
Mariam
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"I fought hard to overcome my sorrow."
Pi Patel
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"I don't fight because I have to, I fight because I am."
Sofia
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"I will have to be clever about this."
Laila
S
"One must confront these facts with dignity."
Stevens
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"Suffering is a long journey through a long tunnel."
Mariam
C
"I'm poor, I'm black, I may be ugly and I'm here."
Celie
J
"Courage is the conquest of the heart."
Jean Valjean
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"All right, then, I'll go to hell."
Huckleberry Finn
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"I was getting full of hatred toward those two."
Huckleberry Finn
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"Dignity is not some ornament that can be applied or removed as one sees fit."
Stevens
S
"It is not a simple matter to face one's choices."
Stevens
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"She would die here if she had to."
Laila
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"There is something I must do."
Mariam
J
"Fear paralyzes; courage liberates."
Jean Valjean
C
"I am here. I am here. I am here."
Celie
S
"All my life I had to fight."
Sofia
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"I decided I was not going to be rushed into a wrong decision."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"The struggle is internal before it becomes external."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"One must accept responsibility for one's own actions."
Stevens
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"All right, then, I'll go to hell."
Huckleberry Finn
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"I knew he would never consent to any plan that wasn't mighty risky."
Huckleberry Finn
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"I accept their rejection and go ahead."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)