Courage Quotes

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

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"What seems impossible to the coward is routine to the courageous."
William the Conqueror
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"The courage to act is worth more than the intelligence to plan endlessly."
William the Conqueror
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"A man who cannot face his own death cannot truly live."
William the Conqueror
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"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."
Sun Tzu
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"The true measure of a warrior is not his skill in victory, but his grace in defeat."
Sun Tzu
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"A man who fears nothing is more powerful than a man with an army of thousands."
William the Conqueror
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"A Norman heart beats strongest when surrounded by challenge."
William the Conqueror
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"A Norman never surrenders, only strategically withdraws."
William the Conqueror
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"Fear is the tool of the weak; confidence is the tool of kings."
William the Conqueror
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
William Sloane Coffin
"We should not fear criticism from those we do not respect."
William Sloane Coffin
"Do not be afraid to do what is right."
William Sloane Coffin
"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
William Sloane Coffin
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"I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice."
César Chávez
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"We are willing to sacrifice everything but our principles."
César Chávez
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"We do not fear the struggle; we welcome it."
César Chávez
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"Nothing is impossible to the man who will try."
Alexander the Great
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"Fortune favors the bold."
Alexander the Great
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"Were it not better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep?"
Alexander the Great
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"Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior."
Alexander the Great
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"The world offers much to the fearless."
Alexander the Great
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"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
Julius Caesar
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Julius Caesar
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"Fear becomes smaller when we look it directly in the eye."
Julius Caesar
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"The strength of a wall is neither greater nor less than the courage of those who defend it."
Genghis Khan
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"To master fear, one must first acknowledge it without becoming enslaved by it."
Genghis Khan
"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the decision to act despite it."
Hannibal Barca
"A life well-lived requires the courage to disappoint those who depend on your predictability."
Hannibal Barca
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"The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort, but where they stand in times of challenge and controversy."
Shane Claiborne
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"We are called not to be comfortable, but to be faithful."
Shane Claiborne