Courage Quotes

"The only way to resist total administration is through negative dialectics."

"The individual who thinks for themselves has already partially escaped the administered world."

"The capacity to dislike what we see and wish to change it is itself a human gift."

"All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. But it helps if they first have a clear idea of what 'good' is."

"Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think."

"The greatest gift of freedom is the burden of choice."

"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

"The courage of conviction is rare because certainty is difficult to achieve."

"Civil disobedience can be justified when fundamental freedoms are denied."

"Decision made under pressure reveals true political conviction more than formal doctrine."

"The greatest threat to human freedom comes from those who are certain they know the truth."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but action in its presence."

"Sapere aude! Dare to know! Have courage to use your own understanding."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."

"The more we strive to live according to reason, the more we shall overcome irrational passions."

"Unreasonable fear is the enemy of progress."

"Courage consists in facing fear, not in its absence"

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"External objects impress us and affect our judgment; by long dwelling on them we gain both courage and confidence."

"Despair is the conclusion of a coward."

"Courage and resolution are noble qualities"

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others"

"Sapere aude—Dare to know! Have courage to use your own understanding."

"Civil disobedience can be justified when laws violate fundamental principles of justice."

"The regard to our own dignity is a principle of conduct of which I need not endeavour to explain at length the power and influence."

"Revenge is the principal encomium of heroes."

"An adversity which has been more easily and more completely overcome, is thought the more honourable."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it through reason."

"Courage is tested not in comfort but in the face of negation."

"Those who have a strong body and mind have less fear of death."