Susan B. Anthony Quotes

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.

I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity a deluded population can swallow.

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory.

It is easy enough to hold an opinion, but rather more testing to act on it.

When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

Political courage is not political suicide.

A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.

When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.

I would never stultify my opinion for the sake of a little security.

The just man and firm of purpose—not the heat of fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, not presence of threatening tyrant can shake—in his rocklike soul.

My greatest fear has always been that I would be afraid - afraid physically or mentally or morally and allow myself to be influenced by fear instead of by my honest convictions.

I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.

If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.

If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.

We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.

The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth.

I do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.

Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.

I, for one, love strength, daring, fortitude. I do not want people to kill the fight in them; I want them to fight for right things.