Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my read more

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. - Dune, "Litany Against Fear", 1965.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

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

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

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

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

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you read more

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin.