Courage Quotes

"I think the key to understanding my work is to realize that I have always tried to be consistent with the teachings of nonviolence."

"The struggle for civil rights is not about gaining acceptance from white people, but about asserting our own dignity."

"We cannot afford to be silent in the face of injustice."

"We must be willing to stand alone if necessary for what we believe is right."

"The price of silence is complicity in injustice."

"We must be willing to take risks for the sake of justice."

"We must be willing to challenge authority when it is unjust."

"I have always tried to be guided by my conscience, not by fear."

"We must be willing to die for our beliefs, but we must also be willing to live for them."

"We cannot afford to let fear dictate our actions."

"Courage in law comes from recognizing that yesterday's unthinkable becomes tomorrow's necessity."

"To be a judge is sometimes to stand against the comfortable to uphold the right."

"Fundamental liberty interests cannot be qualified by fears or disapproval."

"Those who build their lives on the foundation of equal rights are strengthening our democracy."

"Fear of change should never prevent necessary progress."

"Courage is doing what's right despite the personal cost."

"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity."

"To be true to oneself requires the courage to stand alone."

"We must speak for those whose voices have been silenced by fear and oppression."

"The courage to be different is the same courage required to demand justice."

"Visibility is the price of safety and the path to acceptance."

"The struggle continues because justice is never truly finished."

"To be silent is to participate in your own destruction."

"Living authentically is both an act of resistance and self-preservation."

"Speaking up is never just about you - it is about everyone who cannot speak."

"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we were born doesn't mean we have to keep groveling."

"Real courage is when you know you're licked but you begin anyway and you see it through."

"Atticus said to Jem, 'I wanted you to see what real courage is.'"

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun."

"Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. Courage is when you know you are licked and you begin anyway."