Courage Quotes

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

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"The noblest of struggles is that which takes place within the breast."
Ugo Foscolo
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but its deliberate transgression."
Ugo Foscolo
"Fortune favors the bold, but wisdom favors the patient."
Giovanni Boccaccio
"Growth requires the courage to outgrow who we were."
Giovanni Boccaccio
"Our greatest enemies are not our rivals, but our own indifference."
Francesco Petrarca
"To overcome fear, one must first befriend it, then transcend it."
Francesco Petrarca
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"Fortune favors the audacious in matters of state and military conquest."
Niccolò Machiavelli
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite its presence."
Torquato Tasso
"Fear is merely opportunity wearing a different mask."
Giovanni Boccaccio
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"Courage is found in small daily choices."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"True courage is not the absence of fear, but action taken despite its presence."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"In the face of injustice, silence becomes complicity."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"True victory belongs to those who can smile in defeat without losing their dignity."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Courage is grace under pressure."
Alexandre Herculano
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"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."
Alexandre Herculano
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"He who fears death fears nothing else."
Petrarch
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"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."
Petrarch
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"To say nothing, when all the world is saying something, requires a kind of courage."
Petrarch
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"A coragem não é a ausência de medo, mas a ação apesar dele."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"A coragem civic é mais rara do que a coragem militar."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"O medo é apenas a ausência de coragem; ambos não podem coexistir no mesmo peito."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"A coragem não é ausência de medo, mas ação apesar do medo."
Camilo Castelo Branco
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the determination to act despite it."
Francesco Petrarca
"We are the sum of our choices, not our circumstances."
Francesco Petrarca
"Progress is made by those brave enough to question tradition."
Francesco Petrarca
"Courage is a choice made repeatedly, not a feeling that sustains itself."
Francesco Petrarca
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to act despite it."
Torquato Tasso
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"Cowards die many times before their actual death; the brave die but once."
Niccolò Machiavelli