Courage Quotes

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

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"Political courage is what we need now, not more studies."
James Hansen
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"We need courage to make the changes our future requires."
James Hansen
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"The courage to be different is the courage to be true."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"In the face of injustice, silence is complicity."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
"We must turn away from the seductive schemes of the West."
Frantz Fanon
"Dignity is not negotiable."
Frantz Fanon
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"You stand up for what you believe in, even when you stand alone."
Wangari Maathai
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"We must have the courage to imagine a different world."
Aimé Césaire
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"Freedom is not given; it is seized by those brave enough to demand it."
Aimé Césaire
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"I'm fighting for my future. What are you fighting for?"
Greta Thunberg
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"If the adults won't save us, then we must save ourselves."
Greta Thunberg
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"You don't need permission to act. You just need conviction."
Greta Thunberg
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"Being called a puppet is the highest compliment. It means they see the threat."
Greta Thunberg
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"We need courage. We need conviction. We need action."
Greta Thunberg
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"We must think of ourselves as living in a state of siege"
Edward Said
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"Courage is the willingness to act despite fear"
Edward Said
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"The fight for conservation is ultimately a fight for human dignity."
David Brower
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"The best way to fight for the future is to document the present honestly."
David Brower
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"The fight for conservation is fundamentally a fight against oblivion."
David Brower
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"The most radical act is to preserve what the market would destroy."
David Brower
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"To see truly is to be obligated to act."
David Brower
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"In fighting for the wilderness, I have been fighting for truth."
David Brower
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"The human spirit cannot be conquered by force alone."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"I am not afraid of the pen or the sword, but of the indifference of the world."
Aimé Césaire
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"Assimilation is the erasure of self; we must resist with every fiber of our being."
Aimé Césaire
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"The intellectual must speak truth even when it is dangerous to do so."
Aimé Césaire
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"The authentic voice cannot be silenced by those who fear it."
Aimé Césaire
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"We are not defined by what was done to us, but by how we respond."
Aimé Césaire
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"You cannot defeat people who are determined to be free."
Wangari Maathai