Courage is not the absence of ...

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
“Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man, but soon or late the one who wins is the one who thinks he can!”
 Walter D. Wintle
“There has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free and those who are conquered by it are made to suffer until they have the courage to defeat it.”
 Alexander The Great

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.
Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.