Courage Quotes

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

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"The greatest victory is the conquest of oneself."
Thomas Hobbes
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"God gives me courage to face difficulties."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"We must choose between chains and dignity."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."
John Locke
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"As long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long is he determined not to do it."
John Locke
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but right action in spite of it."
Immanuel Kant
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"El triunfo de la reacción sería la muerte de la república."
Benito Juárez
B
"El hombre que cede en sus principios termina sin principios."
Benito Juárez
B
"El verdadero valor consiste en defender lo que es justo."
Benito Juárez
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"Courage and passion are the sinews of virtue."
David Hume
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"Freedom is not given—it is taken by those brave enough to seize it."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"The courage to act is greater than the comfort of silence."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"True courage is the power to preserve oneself in the face of inevitable change."
Baruch Spinoza
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"The most intrepid valour may be the effect of a mind that is insensible to fear."
Adam Smith
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"The man of principle stands firm against the tempests of popular opinion and maintains his integrity."
Adam Smith
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"The measure of virtue is the capacity to overcome adversity."
Thomas Hobbes
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"The sword is the last argument of kings, but the first of heroes."
José de San Martín
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"There are no small victories, only small soldiers."
José de San Martín
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"Free men do not fear death; they fear chains."
José de San Martín
J
"I have lived by my sword, but I wish to die by my principles."
José de San Martín
J
"The hardest battles are fought within oneself."
José de San Martín
J
"A moment of courage is worth a lifetime of comfort."
José de San Martín
J
"The test of courage is not absence of fear but action despite it."
José de San Martín
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"La libertad no se hereda, se conquista."
Benito Juárez
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"El hombre que no lucha por sus derechos es indigno de poseerlos."
Benito Juárez
B
"El miedo es el aliado del despotismo."
Benito Juárez
B
"El cambio social requiere valentía política."
Benito Juárez
B
"El miedo es el enemigo de la verdad."
Benito Juárez
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"He that would be superior to external events must make himself superior to external evils."
John Locke
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"To avoid doing good in order to avoid doing harm is the very essence of moral cowardice."
John Locke