Moral Courage Quotes

“I find that moral courage is the most valuable and most usually absent characteristic.”

“I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”

Malala Yousafzai

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

“Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.”

Robert F. Kennedy

“To see what is right and not do it is a want of courage.”

Confucius

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

Desmond Tutu

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”

J. K. Rowling

“I raise up my voice, not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.”

Malala Yousafzai

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.”

“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”

Sojourner Truth

“Optimism is true moral courage.”

Ernest Shackleton