~ The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. ~
~ You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. ~
~ To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage ~
~ Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. ~
~ By courage I mean the ability to face down those imaginary fears and reclaim the far more powerful life that you've denied yourself. ~
~ True courage is more a matter of intellect than of feeling. ~
~ Courageous people are still afraid, but they don't let the fear paralyze them. ~
~ Courage is a learned mental skill that you must condition, just as weight training strengthens your muscles. ~
~ I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. ~
~ Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence. ~
~ Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ~
~ Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow. ~