Courage Quotes

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

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"A brave man falls only once in his lifetime."
Simón Bolívar
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"I have lived like a soldier and shall die like a soldier."
Simón Bolívar
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"I am not afraid of dying for my cause."
Simón Bolívar
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"In the face of tyranny, silence becomes complicity."
Benito Juárez
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"The courage to stand alone is greater than the comfort of standing with the crowd."
Benito Juárez
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"To face danger with equanimity is the mark of true courage."
Benito Juárez
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"The plantation owner may control the whip, but he cannot control the courage that burns in the human heart."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action despite its presence."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"Those who remain silent in the face of injustice choose the side of the oppressor."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"The courage to resist tyranny is born not from strength of arms alone, but from strength of conviction."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"The voice of reason must sometimes be amplified by the thunder of action."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"To accept injustice is to invite more of it."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe."
Emma Goldman
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"All great ideas spring from great courage."
Emma Goldman
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"Fear is the tool of tyrants, courage the tool of the free."
Emma Goldman
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"Progress requires the courage to question authority."
Emma Goldman
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"Magnanimity is the right or duty of a man of strength to meet danger."
Adam Smith
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Michel Bakunin
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"Disobedience to tyrants is obedience to God."
Michel Bakunin
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"A man is measured not by his intentions but by his actions."
Michel Bakunin
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."
Michel Bakunin
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"Courage multiplies when shared with others."
Michel Bakunin
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"True courage is the willingness to question authority."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Courage is required not just in action but in thought."
Peter Kropotkin
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"The greatest conquest is not of territory, but of one's own doubts."
José de San Martín
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"The true enemy is often the indifference of good people."
José de San Martín
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"Compromise of principle is a victory for tyranny."
José de San Martín
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"The wilderness of uncertainty is where courage finds its purpose."
José de San Martín
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"The path of honor is often the path of greatest sacrifice."
José de San Martín
J
"To compromise with evil is to become its accomplice."
José de San Martín