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Quotes About Courage

Freedom only comes through persistent revolt, through persistent agitation, through persistently rising up against the system of evil.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
I need not add that freedom is a dangerous thing. But it is hardly possible that we are all cowards.
~ Jack Parsons
Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
~ Frederick Douglass
The time has come to recover the valiant courage of our forefathers, who understood that faith and freedom are inseparable, and that they are worth fighting for.
~ Roy Moore
Freedom. I will not give you up.
~ George Michael
Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.
~ Gerry Adams
Liberties are not given, they are taken.
~ Aldous Huxley
When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.
~ Gerry Adams
Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
~ Pope John Paul II
The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.
~ Eric Sevareid
Nobody will give you freedom. You have to take it.
~ Unknown
We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Takeoff isn't scary at all - just the landing. Once you're in the air, you feel that sense of freedom of no limits.
~ Jessica Cox
Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.
~ Leyla Zana
Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.
~ Nelson Mandela
Freedom is not won on the battlefields. The chance for freedom is won there. The final battle is won or lost in our hearts and minds.
~ Helen Gahagan Douglas
As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that it cannot violate the freedom of my soul.
~ Alexandra David-Neel
Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.
~ John Ford
When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat.
~ Martin Niemoller
Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.
~ Alice Walker
Freedom is dangerous. Possibly crawling on all fours might be safer than standing upright, but we like the view better up there.
~ Isabel Paterson
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
~ Euripides
No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.
~ Emile M. Cioran