Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre read more

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais ete
dans le peril.]

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not read more

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.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].

This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

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.