Courage Quotes

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

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"You need a little rebellion in your life. You need to question things."
Morrie Schwartz
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"The fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself"
The Alchemist
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"Risk is only a measure of how much one actually believes in what one is doing"
The Alchemist
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"The greatest freedom is the freedom to choose one's attitude"
Viktor Frankl
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"The last of human freedoms is one's choice of attitude in any circumstance"
Viktor Frankl
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"The meaning of suffering lies in facing it with dignity and grace"
Viktor Frankl
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"To go forward you must be willing to let go."
Siddhartha
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"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly."
Zarathustra
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"I would not know what the spirit of a lion could have to do in the land of the satisfied."
Zarathustra
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"The fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself"
The Alchemist
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"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself"
The Alchemist
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"I swear by the sun that stands in the sky and by the sword that I wear"
Santiago
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"The time will never 'be just right.' Start where you stand."
Seneca
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"The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive."
Seneca
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"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
Seneca
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"The wound is the place where the Light enters you, but only if you stop running from it"
Siddhartha
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"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
Seneca
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"The brave man does not rush into conflict needlessly; he prepares with wisdom first."
Seneca
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"I love those who do not first look behind them, but look ahead, and thus perish and overcome."
Zarathustra
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"Better to perish than to preserve yourself by means you despise."
Zarathustra
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"I have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Justice Wargrave
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"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer."
Henry David Thoreau
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Siddhartha
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"He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand."
Seneca
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"The greatest loss is not to lose a battle, but to lose faith in oneself."
Seneca
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"Beware of the good and just! They like to crucify those who invent their own virtue."
Zarathustra
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"I say: blessed are the contentious, for they shall inherit the earth."
Zarathustra
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"I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning."
Henry David Thoreau
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"Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion."
Henry David Thoreau
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"The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not attacking, but on our own readiness to receive him"
Sun Tzu