The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.

The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with read more

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every
virtue at the testing point.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every
virtue at the testing point.

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

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

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

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

It is curious-curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare. -Mark Twain.

It is curious-curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare. -Mark Twain.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where read more

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose.

Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose.