C Quotes
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“Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear, it is taking a step forward when you are afraid.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is action in spite of fear. Courageous people never really overcome their fears. They just become determined to push through them and to use that adrenaline to their advantage.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the recognition that some things are more important than fear - and what's more important to me is faith.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear. It is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.”
Source: If You Think You Can! for Teens
“Courage is not the absence of fear...”
“Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.”
Source: The Uprising Experience: A Personal Guide for a Revolution of the Soul, Promise Keepers Edition
“Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.”
Source: The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth
“Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.”
“Courage is not walking into battle with no fear - you should know this as a soldier. Courage is feeling great fear, but walking forward anyway.
Lady Lavender by Lynna Banning”
“Courage is nothing but the necessity of action when a comrade is in trouble. To not act is cowardice, the opposite of the requirement to save ones brothers.”
“Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can.”
“Courage is nothing to laugh at, not if it is proper courage and exercised by men who know what they do is proper. Proper courage is wise courage. It's acting wisely, acting wisely when fear would have a man act otherwise. It is the endurance of the soul in spite of fear - wisely.”
Source: If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
“Courage is of the heart by derivation,
And great it is. But fear is of the soul.”
Source: The poetry of Robert Frost
“Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.”
Source: Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers
“Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.”
“Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.”
“Courage is one of the key qualities of your Soul. Acting with courage helps you to step into possibilities and new ways to see the world around you.”
“Courage is one step ahead of fear.”
“Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.”
“Courage is only an accumulation of small steps.”
“Courage is overrated, or so cowards like me say. Courage implies choice.”
Source: The Dragon of Jin-Sayeng
“Courage is perhaps our most admirable trait. The man, or woman, who possesses it is able to plunge ahead, despite dangers, despite warnings, despite hazards of all kinds, to attack the task at hand. Often, it is indistinguishable from stupidity.”
Source: Odyssey (Academy - Book 5): Academy -
“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.”
“Courage is rarely reckless or foolish... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.”
“Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.”
“Courage is required not only in a person's occasional crucial decision for his own freedom, but in the little hour-to-hour decisions which place the bricks in the structure of his building of himself into a person who acts with freedom and responsibility.”
Source: Man's Search for Himself
“Courage is required to break the habitual pattern of self-destruction.”
“Courage is required to make an initial thrust toward one's coveted goal, but even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve. Have the determination to make the effort, the single-mindedne ss to work toward a worthy goal, and the courage not only to face the challenges that inevitably come but also to make a second effort, should such be required.”
“Courage is required to make an initial thrust towards ones coveted goal, But even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! - incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage.”
“Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend.”
“Courage is saying maybe what I'm doing isn't working, maybe I should try something else.”
“Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision”
“courage is simply fear that has said it's prayers!”
“Courage is simply fear that trusts in God”
“Courage is simply the commitment to do the right thing even when it is difficult.”
Source: The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions
“Courage is so rare nowadays, that one gets cornered for having courage of conviction and living by one’s ideals. However it is great to be cornered, since the corner with courage is never too crowded.”
Source: Karma Kurry for the Mind, Body, Heart & Soul
“Courage is stepping forward when all you can see is darkness.”
“Courage is stepping into the unknown, while confidence is knowing you can handle it.”
“Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.”
Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
“Courage is strength of a strong soul.”
“Courage is sustained by calling up anew the vision of the goal.”
“Courage is taking calculated risks and facing intimidation in the eye. It is one of the most attractive things a person in power will have. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophies for Timeless Thoughts”
“Courage is taking the first step, even when you don't know what lies ahead; It's about having the inner strength to take a leap of faith, even when you're not sure what's coming next.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women
“Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.”
“Courage is temperamental, scientific, ideal.”
Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude
“Courage is the ability to connect with another human and share our truth.”
Source: The New Southern Style: The Interiors of a Lifestyle and Design Movement