Courage Quotes

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

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"Fortune favors not the idle, but those who seize the moment."
Themistocles
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"The sea does not belong to those who fear it."
Themistocles
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"A man's worth is measured by his willingness to risk all."
Themistocles
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"Moderation in all things except courage."
Themistocles
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"The enemy within is often more dangerous than the one without."
Themistocles
"In the face of overwhelming odds, it is the strength of conviction that turns the tide."
Miltiades
"A single moment of courage can reshape the course of nations."
Miltiades
"In the hearts of brave men, mountains become valleys and impossible becomes inevitable."
Miltiades
"The measure of courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Miltiades
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"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."
Pericles
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"Mighty indeed are the advantages which the gods grant those who dare."
Pericles
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"To shrink from action is the way of cowards."
Pericles
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"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
Pericles
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"Personal shame and fear prevent men from speaking up when their country is at stake."
Pericles
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"A hero is not braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer."
Pericles
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"A kingdom built on fear will crumble when courage arrives."
Philip II
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"A man of conviction may be wrong, but he will never be uncertain."
Philip II
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"To surrender is sometimes the bravest act a man can perform."
Philip II
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"The greatest battlefield is within the human heart."
Philip II
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"Nothing is impossible to the man who will try."
Demosthenes
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"You will never do anything in this world without courage."
Demosthenes
D
"Fortune favors the brave, but abandon favors the prepared."
Demosthenes
D
"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do."
Demosthenes
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"The heliocentric model demands courage to challenge the accepted doctrine of our age."
Aristarchus
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"The cosmos reveals its secrets only to those bold enough to ask."
Aristarchus
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"To be ridiculed for truth is to wear a badge of honor."
Aristarchus
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the presence of truth."
Aristarchus
"A warrior does not ask how many enemies he faces, but whether his cause is just."
Leonidas I
"In the face of impossible odds, the brave find strength in unity."
Leonidas I
"Every moment we choose between comfort and duty - a true man chooses duty."
Leonidas I