Courage Quotes

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

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"All right, then, I'll go to hell."
Huckleberry Finn
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"I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and I can't cook, like she say, but I'm here."
Celie
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"I was shaped by silence, but I chose to speak."
Celie
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"I must accept myself as I am, invisible or not."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"I must learn to face myself with honesty."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"I refuse to accept the limitations placed upon me."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"She would not let the past steal her future."
Laila
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"The world doesn't see me, so I must make myself felt through my words and actions."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and I can't cook, like they say, but I'm here."
Celie
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"This the first time I ever asked anybody for anything."
Celie
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"I prefer to think of myself as a coward rather than a hero."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"To accept the division is heroic."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"You must leave everything that you have and follow me."
Shug Avery
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"There's something about being bold that just make you feel better."
Sofia
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"Grief is a luxury we cannot afford when survival is at stake."
Mariam
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"In the face of tyranny, small acts of defiance become revolutionary."
Laila
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"We are not defined by the violence done to us, but by how we choose to live after it."
Laila
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"I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"I did not feel any sense of shame or regret."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"Lord, give me strength."
Celie
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"There is no honor in what I am about to do. But there is also no shame."
Mariam
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"All right, then, I'll go to hell."
Huckleberry Finn
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"There are times when I want to die, but not now"
Offred
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"I am not going anywhere. I am staying right here."
Mariam
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"Do you ever think about leaving him?"
Shug Avery
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"I'm brave again."
Celie
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"I'm not ashamed of my past; I'm ashamed of my present."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"They expect you to betray yourself."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"I had to reject their definitions of me."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"I done found my voice at last."
Celie