Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"We are capable of extraordinary transformation."Naomi Klein
"The status quo is not an option."Naomi Klein
"Courage is not the absence of fear."Naomi Klein
"Change is terrifying and necessary."Naomi Klein
"Silence is complicity; speaking truth is a moral obligation."Barbara Smith
"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action despite fear."Barbara Smith
"I am angry almost all the time."Arundhati Roy
"Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it."Arundhati Roy
"Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of fear."Arundhati Roy
"I think silence is sometimes worse than speaking out."Arundhati Roy
"I believe in the power of small acts of resistance."Arundhati Roy
"The greatest act of courage is to be honest about our vulnerabilities."Arundhati Roy
"The fight against climate change is the great moral battle of our time"Bill McKibben
"We must act as if we're in an emergency, because we are"Bill McKibben
"We must act with urgency and humility"Bill McKibben
"Black feminism is not about separatism; it is about wholeness and integration of our complete selves."Barbara Smith
"We are not responsible for explaining our oppression to those who benefit from it."Barbara Smith
"We are not here to comfort those who benefit from our oppression."Barbara Smith
"When we protect the wild rice, we protect ourselves. When we protect the water, we protect our children."Winona LaDuke
"We live in a time of the Seventh Fire. This is our responsibility."Winona LaDuke
"The fight for the Earth is the fight for our future."Winona LaDuke
"We must be willing to sacrifice for what matters."Winona LaDuke
"We are the first generation to feel the full weight of climate change, and we are the last that can do something about it."Bill McKibben
"Standing up for what you believe in is not always easy, but it is always necessary."Bill McKibben
"Silence has never brought us anything of value."Audre Lorde
"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing."Audre Lorde
"The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of survival."Audre Lorde
"When corporations control seeds, they control our food, our health, and our freedom."Vandana Shiva
"The fight for seed freedom is the fight for human freedom and dignity."Vandana Shiva
"Every seed saved is an act of resistance against corporate control of life."Vandana Shiva