Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"Courage is fear that has learned to speak"Ungaretti
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the determination to act despite it."Salvatore Quasimodo
"The courage to be ordinary is greater than the courage to be exceptional."Eugenio Montale
"A man's courage is measured not by his willingness to fight, but by his refusal to surrender to despair."Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
"The greatest tragedy is not failure, but the never attempting at all."Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
"To live authentically is to live in constant defiance of convention."Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
"Fear is merely the shadow cast by imagination upon the wall of reason."Luis de Góngora
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to act despite it."Garcilaso de la Vega
"True courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Elio Vittorini
"Courage is standing up for what is right."Elio Vittorini
"Truth requires courage; comfort requires silence."Eugenio Montale
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the refusal to be consumed by it."Salvatore Quasimodo
"The greatest tragedy is not failure, but the failure to attempt."Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"The only true failure is not trying."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Federigo Tozzi
"The world is full of suffering, but it is also full of the overcoming of it."Elsa Morante
"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."Elsa Morante
"The greatest tragedy is the silence of good people in the face of injustice."Elio Vittorini
"Courage is feeling fear and choosing to act anyway with integrity."Elio Vittorini
"The most subversive act is to live authentically in an inauthentic world."Elio Vittorini
"The greater the cruelty, the greater the intelligence required to combat it"Primo Levi
"Bearing witness is a moral imperative"Primo Levi
"Silence in the face of evil is complicity"Primo Levi
"The examined life requires courage"Primo Levi
"The act of bearing witness is sacred"Primo Levi
"We must speak truth even when it is difficult"Primo Levi
"One must learn to suffer without complaint, to smile without joy."Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
"The greatest acts of courage are often invisible to the world."Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."Cesare Pavese