Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"The test of courage is not absence of fear, but action despite it."Nicodemus Copernicus
"The wicked fear the righteous man more than they fear God."Girolamo Savonarola
"Speak truth even when your voice shakes."Girolamo Savonarola
"Evil flourishes when good men remain silent."Girolamo Savonarola
"Moral courage is rarer than physical courage."Girolamo Savonarola
"The pursuit of truth requires courage."Giambattista Vico
"Courage is the virtue of the free."Giambattista Vico
"Fear is often the cause of evil, but courage is the cure."Giambattista Vico
"The path to courage is paved with understanding one's own fears."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"The courageous person is not one without fear, but one who acts despite it."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."Cosimo de Medici
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right."Cosimo de Medici
"Innovation requires the courage to challenge established doctrine."Andreas Vesalius
"Medicine advances only when physicians are willing to question."Andreas Vesalius
"Courage in science means standing alone with the truth."Andreas Vesalius
"The pursuit of truth requires courage to abandon old beliefs."Bernardino Telesio
"Truth requires courage to see clearly."Bernardino Telesio
"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too."Paracelsus
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to act despite it."Edward Wotton
"The courageous are those who act despite trembling hands."Edward Wotton
"I have never feared poverty as much as I have feared idleness."Cosimo de Medici
"When the church becomes corrupt, it is the duty of the faithful to speak truth."Girolamo Savonarola
"To live without conviction is to merely exist as a shadow."Girolamo Savonarola
"In tempests, the true measure of a man is revealed."Girolamo Savonarola
"To stand alone for truth is to stand with all the righteous."Girolamo Savonarola
"To speak for the voiceless is to speak for God."Girolamo Savonarola
"The human spirit is capable of transcending all limitations."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"The will to succeed must be stronger than the fear of failure."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"The world needs those brave enough to seek truth."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."Nicodemus Copernicus