Courage Quotes

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

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"The only true failure is not trying."
Raphael Sanzio
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"The greatest courage is to face the truth."
Giordano Bruno
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"Courage is fear transformed into action."
Giordano Bruno
"The lion is not so fierce as he is painted."
Thomas More
"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."
Thomas More
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but mastery over it."
Baltasar Gracián
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"The courageous act not from fearlessness but from purpose."
Baltasar Gracián
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"It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority."
Giordano Bruno
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is defiance against it."
Giordano Bruno
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"Courage blooms in the heart of the truthful."
Giordano Bruno
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"Beauty demands sacrifice; beauty demands dedication."
Raphael Sanzio
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"To pursue art is to choose the hard path, knowing it leads to truth."
Raphael Sanzio
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"An artist who fears criticism has already surrendered their vision."
Raphael Sanzio
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"The artist must be willing to fail publicly to succeed privately."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Fear of the unknown keeps men chained to false certainties."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"The price of standing against the crowd is isolation; the reward is truth."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"The pursuit of truth demands we befriend uncertainty."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Fear preserves falsehood; courage discovers truth."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"The brave thinker stands alone until history catches up."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"In the pursuit of knowledge, fear is the only true enemy."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and honor."
Michel de Montaigne
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"The man who has the courage of his convictions is a brave man."
Michel de Montaigne
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"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
Michel de Montaigne
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"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Michel de Montaigne
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"Each letter cast in metal is a small rebellion against forgetting."
Johannes Gutenberg
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"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority."
Desiderius Erasmus
"The cruel man mistakes obedience for respect and fear for authority."
Thomas More
"The oppressor fears nothing more than the conscience of the good."
Thomas More
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"The soul expands when it dares to question."
Giordano Bruno
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Giordano Bruno