Courage Quotes

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

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"I can't believe how much I enjoy doing this because I was scared to death."
Joan Rivers
"I've done both my hips and my teeth. I've had my tubes tied."
Joan Rivers
"I speak my mind. That's always been my style."
Joan Rivers
B
"Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
B
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
B
"Doubt is the only thing that can prevent you from realizing your greatest potential."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
B
"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
R
"You gotta be careful when you're getting mad, just like you gotta be careful when you're doing anything."
Richard Pryor
R
"I've been on my toes for years."
Richard Pryor
R
"I'm not afraid of anything. Fear is for people who are weak."
Richard Pryor
A
"Being vulnerable is actually key to creativity."
Amy Poehler
A
"We should all try to do things we're not good at."
Amy Poehler
Z
"The greatest victory is won not with weapons, but with righteousness."
Zoroaster
Z
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Zoroaster
T
"You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide overthinking it. You have to go down the slide."
Tina Fey
T
"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That's where strength lives."
Tina Fey
T
"The most courageous thing you can do is be yourself in a world that wants you to be someone else."
Tina Fey
L
"The only truly free person is the one who says what he thinks."
Lenny Bruce
L
"I used to be a conscientious objector, now I'm a conscious objector."
Lenny Bruce
L
"People arrest me everywhere I go. It's not a gimmick - I'm serious."
Lenny Bruce
L
"If you're not offending someone, you're probably not saying anything."
Lenny Bruce
"Criticism is just jealousy wearing a business suit."
Joan Rivers
"Fear is just an invitation to prove how brave you actually are."
Joan Rivers
"Courage is being terrified and doing it anyway."
Joan Rivers
G
"The middle of the road is all of the useless people."
George Carlin
G
"You can't fight City Hall. But you can goddamn sure blow it up."
George Carlin
G
"Nobody seems to care. That's the problem with the planet. Nobody seems to care."
George Carlin
B
"The only way to lose your suffering is to embrace it as part of your path."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
B
"The greatest fear in the world is the opinion of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
B
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)