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