Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not read more

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking read more

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to read more

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long read more

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how read more

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.