Courage Quotes

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

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"Better to be bold and risk failure than to be cautious and guarantee irrelevance."
Niccolò Machiavelli
"True courage consists not in the absence of fear, but in action despite it."
Torquato Tasso
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"Na adversidade encontramos nossa verdadeira força."
Almeida Garrett
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"A coragem é enfrentar o medo e agir."
Almeida Garrett
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is love stronger than fear."
Alexandre Herculano
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"The coward's logic: change is too difficult, so accept defeat."
Alexandre Herculano
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"The person who never risks failure has already failed."
Alexandre Herculano
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"A single act of courage can change the trajectory of generations."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"Fear whispers; courage shouts."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"Heroes are not born; they are forged in the fires of difficult choices."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"The truest form of courage is vulnerability."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Praise prison, but live in the palace."
Petrarch
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"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
Petrarch
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"True nobility is exempt from fear."
Petrarch
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"The greatest battles are fought in the silence of one's own heart."
Petrarch
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the presence of purpose stronger than fear."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"A conscience is a luxury only the secure can afford; tyranny begins when others are denied it."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"To challenge the powerful requires not strength but clarity and persistence."
Ramalho Ortigão
"The greatest tragedy is not failure, but the failure to attempt greatness."
Torquato Tasso
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"In times of danger, one must make dangerous use of danger to escape it."
Niccolò Machiavelli
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"It is the duty of a good man to refuse an evil authority, even unto death."
Niccolò Machiavelli
"Fear is but a shadow; courage is the light that dispels it."
Torquato Tasso
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"The greatest obstacles in life are often those we create ourselves."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"A coragem não é a ausência do medo, é agir apesar dele."
Almeida Garrett
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"In the midst of darkness, the human spirit finds its most brilliant expression."
Alexandre Herculano
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"In the face of injustice, silence becomes complicity."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Fear diminishes when we act despite it."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."
Eça de Queirós
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"The greatest courage is the decision to change ourselves."
Saramago
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."
Saramago