CURATED COLLECTION

Facing Fear With Courage

Courage is not the absence of fear — it is the decision that something else matters more.

50 quotes found

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Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the decision that something else is more important.

—Maaza MengisteNovelist, Essayist & King

Digital Age ERA • East Africa

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.

—Mark TwainNovelist & Humorist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it.

—Lya LuftNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Fear is inevitable. I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

—Isabel AllendeNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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To be truly free, one must first free one's mind from fear.

—Nayantara SahgalNovelist & Writer

Contemporary ERA • South Asia

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Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

—William ShakespearePlaywright & Poet

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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I am a woman, and I write. That alone is an act of courage.

—Sandra CisnerosAuthor

Late Modern ERA • North America

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To change is to be brave. To stay the same is to be a coward.

—Buchi EmechetaNovelist

Late Modern ERA • West Africa

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The greatest courage for a woman is to think for herself, against all odds.

—Victoria OcampoWriter & Intellectual

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

—Paulo CoelhoNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.

—Susan B. AnthonyReformer

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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To live is like loving: surrender body and soul, without fear.

—Lya LuftNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Have the courage to use your own understanding.

—Immanuel KantPhilosopher

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

—Amparo DávilaWriter

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding.

—Immanuel KantPhilosopher

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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Fortune is not on the side of the faint‑hearted.

—Torquato TassoPoet

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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We will sing new songs. We will not be afraid.

—Subramania BharatiPoet & Journalist

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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O God, if I worship You from fear of hell, burn me in hell.

—Rabia al-AdawiyyaMystic & Poet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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One must not forget the courage to resist and rebel.

—Ding LingFeminist & Writer

Early Modern ERA • East Asia

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O God, if I worship you for fear of hell, burn me in hell.

—Rabia al-AdawiyyaMystic & Poet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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