Courage Quotes

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

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"Every man is capable of being a hero; most simply never will be."
Vilfredo Pareto
J
"Unemployment is not a personal failure; it is a systemic problem requiring systemic solutions."
Joan Robinson
J
"The entrepreneur's risk is real, but so is the worker's risk of destitution."
Joan Robinson
T
"Courage is found in the face of adversity."
Thomas Malthus
"Fear is the weapon of the weak; courage is the shield of the strong."
Vilfredo Pareto
"Monetary reform requires both courage and economic understanding."
Irving Fisher
"The entrepreneur must have the courage to be foolish in the eyes of those bound by convention."
Joseph Schumpeter
"The future is not predicted; it is created by those brave enough to act before certainty."
Joseph Schumpeter
J
"We should question any economic theory that cannot explain the world we see around us."
Joan Robinson
J
"We must have the courage to challenge economic orthodoxy when it fails to serve human needs."
Joan Robinson
"The penalty for being different is isolation from the community of one's peers."
Thorstein Veblen
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action taken in spite of it."
Alfred Marshall
J
"Courage in intellectual life means questioning the assumptions that everyone else accepts."
Joan Robinson
"Every crisis contains the seeds of opportunity for the prepared mind."
Irving Fisher
"Courage is the willingness to face economic reality without flinching."
Irving Fisher
T
"The greatest obstacle to human improvement is the want of moral courage."
Thomas Malthus
T
"Courage to face unpleasant truths distinguishes the wise from the deluded."
Thomas Malthus
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."
Vilfredo Pareto
A
"Fear is just a signal to do something that matters."
Andrew Ng
A
"The biggest risk is not taking any risk."
Andrew Ng
A
"Believe in yourself."
Andrew Ng
"What we are trying to do is to break new ground. We cannot walk in the footsteps of our predecessors; we must forge our own path."
Joseph Schumpeter
"Innovation without risk is merely incremental improvement."
Joseph Schumpeter
"The man who is afraid to take risks will never accumulate significant wealth."
Irving Fisher
T
"To live without fear is to live without prudence."
Thomas Malthus
F
"Failure is not the opposite of success; it's a step towards it."
Fei-Fei Li
"The remedy for poverty is not charity, but the development of capability."
Alfred Marshall
"Courage in the face of economic hardship is the mark of human dignity."
Alfred Marshall
B
"Fear is just the beginning of courage."
Bob Kahn
B
"Courage is action in the face of fear."
Bob Kahn