Courage Quotes

"It is not in the still calm of life that men display themselves to the best advantage."

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection."

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."

"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."

"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be the case with every free state."

"The only fear that I have is the fear of not living up to what I think I ought to do."

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."

"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet an enemy."

"I have no fears arising from the foundation of my conduct, but I have many and painful sensations with respect to the correctness of my measures."

"The time is now at hand to call forth all our skill and fortitude."

"I declare myself an abolitionist, heart and soul."

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man."

"I have been called a radical and a troublemaker, and I wear those titles as badges of honor."

"I have devoted my life to the liberation of women from the chains that bind them."

"I declare myself a radical, and I am proud to be so."

"Me and my children is not going to starve."

"I never want to give a lecture again."

"I will never turn back; I shall go forward until I die."

"I will continue to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves."

"I have made up my mind to tell my story to whoever will listen."

"I will not be silent while injustice continues."

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."

"To admit that you are conquered is to be conquered; to resist is to conquer yourself."

"I can trust in God while in the act of abolitionism."

"I have only a short time to live—only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause."

"No power on earth can silence the voice of truth."

"Every act of resistance against oppression brings us closer to freedom."

"The love of freedom must burn brighter than the fear of death."

"The voice of conscience cannot be silenced by chains or fear."

"There is one of two things I have a right to, liberty or death; if I cannot have one, I will have the other."