Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Courage is not the absence of fear...
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.
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