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