Courage Quotes
Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action in spite of it."Seamus Heaney
"Courage is doing what is right despite the cost."Seamus Heaney
"True courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."Padraig Colum
"Courage is doing what matters despite the cost."Padraig Colum
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but poetry in the face of terror."Fernando Pessoa
"The courage to be oneself is the rarest form of bravery."Austin Clarke
"The greatest acts of courage often look small to everyone but the person doing them."Patrick Kavanagh
"Courage is being terrified and moving forward anyway."Patrick Kavanagh
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."Christy Brown
"The only way out is through."Christy Brown
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."Christy Brown
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."Christy Brown
"The greatest act of courage is to be vulnerable in a world that demands strength."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important."Seán Ó Faoláin
"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."Seán Ó Faoláin
"My disability taught me more about ability than I ever could have learned otherwise."Christy Brown
"To be a writer is to take risks and to be prepared for failure."Seamus Heaney
"To write authentically, you must be willing to be vulnerable."Seamus Heaney
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in the face of it."Padraig Colum
"True courage whispers; it never shouts."Padraig Colum
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the assessment that something is more important than fear"Frank O'Connor
"Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace"Frank O'Connor
"The only true failure is the failure to try"Patrick Kavanagh
"A single act of courage creates permission for others"Patrick Kavanagh
"The Irish experience teaches us that survival itself is an act of defiance."Austin Clarke
"Authenticity requires the courage to be rejected."Austin Clarke
"To live authentically is to live dangerously."Austin Clarke
"In every small gesture of resistance lies the seed of revolution."Austin Clarke
"The courage to be yourself is the greatest rebellion against convention."Seán Ó Faoláin
"Street fighting man is my kind of man."Brendan Behan