Courage Quotes

"The important thing is not the life that is taken, but the way that life is taken."

"We are here, and we mean to be heard."

"I would rather be a rebel than a slave."

"For me, as an individual, I refuse to obey unjust laws."

"Courage, great courage, is the price that fate now demands of us."

"The time for compromise has passed."

"I have not been afraid of being considered unfeminine."

"We are not here to win a popularity contest; we are here to win our rights."

"I have not been afraid of unpopularity and defamation for the sake of what I believe is right."

"The greatest crime is to keep silent in the face of injustice."

"We are not here to plead for mercy; we are here to claim our rights."

"We must be willing to sacrifice everything for the cause of freedom."

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

"I was, and am, a marked man."

"I'm a marked man. This thing with me will be resolved by death and violence."

"The time is upon us to stop begging and to start demanding."

"I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the hatred and from the despair, and we must dissent because America can do better."

"The man who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for."

"I want to walk up to America and call it by its name."

"We must continue to fight for equality and justice until all people are free."

"I've never been afraid of the truth. The truth is on our side."

"You've got to have courage to fight for what you believe in."

"The best way to deal with an unfree act is not by going into a long discourse, but by a short, emphatic NO."

"Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."

"I have found that freedom is not given; it must be taken."

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but standing up despite it."

"We must have the courage to speak truth to power."

"Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world."

"Better to strive vainly than to live content in evil."