Courage Quotes

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

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"To be a faithful follower is to be willing to walk a path that may lead to the cross."
Henri Nouwen
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"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."
Richard Rohr
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"The struggle against the true enemy is not really a struggle at all but a surrender."
Thomas Merton
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"The greatest act of courage is to face ourselves honestly."
Thomas Merton
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"The Devil attacks most fiercely those who are closest to God."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"Suffering arises not from what happens, but from our stories about what happens."
Adyashanti
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"Courage is moving forward without needing to know the outcome."
Adyashanti
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"Courage is the willingness to face what you truly are."
Rupert Spira
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"Attachment is the root of disappointment; freedom is in letting go."
Mooji
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"Healing happens when you stop fighting your experience."
Mooji
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"Fear cannot touch what you truly are."
Mooji
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"In freedom, there is no fear."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The fear of death comes from not living."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone."
Francis of Assisi
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"The Lord did not give us the spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind."
Francis of Assisi
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"Every moment is a choice between fear and love. Choose wisely."
Francis of Assisi
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"Fear and love cannot coexist. Choose one, and the other will flee."
Francis of Assisi
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"The wound is the place where the Light enters you, but we must first acknowledge it exists."
Henri Nouwen
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"Loyalty to our deepest truth requires us to sometimes stand alone against the crowd."
Henri Nouwen
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"When you stop seeking approval, you find your authentic voice."
Adyashanti
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"Courage is acting despite fear, not in the absence of fear."
Adyashanti
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"Courage is being afraid and continuing forward anyway."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but its conquest through action."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"I will be a marked man. That is the thing. I will be spotted. But God knows about all that."
Thomas Merton
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"Do not rely on other people's approval to validate your choices and your own judgment."
Thomas Merton
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"The ego cannot survive honest self-inquiry."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the recognition that fear has no power."
Rupert Spira
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"The mind creates the prison; awareness dissolves it"
Mooji
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"Your greatest enemy is your unexamined beliefs"
Mooji
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"To be yourself in a world that wants you to be someone else is an act of rebellion"
Mooji