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Courage — lines worth keeping

28 quotes on courage, from the books worth reading. Steal them, cite them, live by a few.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.
J.M. Barrie·Peter Pan
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I would rather die on an adventure than live standing still.
V.E. Schwab·A Darker Shade of Magic
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I am not resigned to the idea that this is all there is.
Andy Weir·The Martian
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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
Charlotte Brontë·Jane Eyre
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A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Ernest Hemingway·The Old Man and the Sea
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Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
Toni Morrison·Beloved
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou·I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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It always seems impossible until it's done.
Nelson Mandela·Long Walk to Freedom
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Wherever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.
John Steinbeck·The Grapes of Wrath
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Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear.
Suzanne Collins·The Hunger Games
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Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.
Brené Brown·Daring Greatly
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It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.
Charles Dickens·A Tale of Two Cities
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Courage, dear heart.
C.S. Lewis·The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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What if you woke up one day and there was nothing you could do to change your fate?
Cheryl Strayed·Wild
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The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
Elizabeth Gilbert·Eat Pray Love
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Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King Jr.·The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.
Elizabeth Gilbert·Eat, Pray, Love
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Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight.
C.S. Lewis·The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Manuscripts don't burn.
Mikhail Bulgakov·The Master and Margarita
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They did what human beings looking for freedom, throughout history, have often done. They left.
Isabel Wilkerson·The Warmth of Other Suns
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Perhaps I am stronger than I think.
Thomas Merton·The Sign of Jonas
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No mourners. No funerals.
Leigh Bardugo·Six of Crows
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All right, then, I'll go to hell.
Mark Twain·The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Because I know that things are getting better all the time. Even when they are not.
Jon Krakauer·Into Thin Air
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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
David McCullough·The Wright Brothers
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I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.
Pierce Brown·Red Rising
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Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.
Brandon Sanderson·The Way of Kings
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If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.
Holly Black·The Cruel Prince
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