Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"He who is brave is free."Horace
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Martial
"Courage borrowed is courage that fails in crisis."Martial
"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the acts which provoke it."Livy
"Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely mindful of what follows."Livy
"Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid."Livy
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important."Pliny the Younger
"Courage is the most important of all virtues."Pliny the Younger
"To bear witness to injustice and remain silent is to become complicit in it."Ammianus Marcellinus
"The soldier who questions orders is nobler than one who blindly obeys."Ammianus Marcellinus
"Those who speak truth to power must be prepared for the consequences."Ammianus Marcellinus
"In the moment of greatest fear lies the opportunity for greatest courage."Ammianus Marcellinus
"The mind that cannot be conquered is the greatest fortress."Suetonius
"In adversity, the true nature of a man is revealed."Suetonius
"The mind confined by fear cannot conceive of innovation."Suetonius
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Tacitus
"Courage in adversity is the truest form of strength."Tacitus
"The man who fears nothing is as powerful as the man who is feared by everything."Martial
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Martial
"Nothing is impossible for those who have prepared their hearts."Pliny the Elder
"Fortune is the companion of the bold."Pliny the Elder
"Courage is a muscle we develop by using it."Pliny the Elder
"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take."Pliny the Elder
"Wisdom calls to us all, but it is the courageous who answer."Horace
"Dare to be wise; begin!"Horace
"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."Horace
"Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted."Horace
"Fear is the weapon of tyrants; courage is the shield of the free."Livy
"Courage without wisdom is merely recklessness; wisdom without courage is cowardice."Livy
"The chronicler who fears the truth has betrayed his sacred duty."Livy