“The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.”
Source: A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five
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“Courage isn't the absence of fear; it's the dealing with it.”
“To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.”
Source: Profiles in Courage
Source: The History of the Peloponnesian War
Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
“A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.”
Source: Euripides
“A man of courage is also full of faith.”
Source: Tusculan Disputations: On the Nature of Gods, and the Commonwealth
“Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that”
“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.”
“Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.”
“Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid”
Source: House of Dark Shadows
Source: Churchill: The Power of Words
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.”
“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 the price that life exacts for granting peace.”
Source: Last flight
“It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”
Source: Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848
“Have the courage to face the truth”
Source: Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude