Courage Quotes

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

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"The biggest risk is not taking any risk."
Mark Hopkins
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Leland Stanford
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"Innovation requires courage and vision."
Leland Stanford
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"The path to greatness is paved with the courage to face uncertainty."
John C. Fremont
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"Innovation requires the willingness to stand alone against prevailing opinion."
John C. Fremont
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"Those who dream of greatness must be prepared to walk through fire to achieve it."
John C. Fremont
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"The wilderness demands courage, but it rewards those brave enough to face it."
John C. Fremont
"The West was not conquered by dreamers alone, but by those willing to stake everything on their dreams."
Charles Crocker
"In the pursuit of greatness, one must be willing to stand alone against popular opinion."
Charles Crocker
"The future belongs to those bold enough to build it, not merely imagine it."
Charles Crocker
"A single act of courage can inspire a thousand acts of faith in others."
Charles Crocker
"A single man with conviction can move mountains if he first convinces others of the possibility."
Charles Crocker
"The future is created by those brave enough to challenge the present."
Charles Crocker
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"Courage is the foundation of all other virtues."
Stephen Girard
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"Courage is grace under pressure."
Stephen Girard
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"Character is the architect of our destiny."
Mark Hopkins
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Mark Hopkins
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"Character determines destiny more than circumstance."
Mark Hopkins
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"In adversity, character is revealed and strengthened."
Mark Hopkins
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"I never asked for permission; I asked for forgiveness instead."
Jay Gould
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"Capital without courage is merely an ornament."
Jay Gould
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"The market rewards the bold and punishes the hesitant."
Jay Gould
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"The man who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
James Fisk
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"The man who waits for perfect conditions will wait forever in poverty."
James Fisk
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"The path to glory is often paved with the ruins of the cautious."
James Fisk
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"The man who fears failure will never experience the exhilaration of true success."
James Fisk
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"The path of least resistance leads to oblivion; the path of greatest resistance leads to fortune."
James Fisk
"The West was built not by dreamers alone, but by those willing to stake everything on their vision."
Charles Crocker
"I have found that courage is often simply the refusal to acknowledge defeat."
Charles Crocker
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"One must understand that progress demands sacrifice from those who lead the way."
Collis P. Huntington