Courage is not the absence of fear; only a fool has no fear. Courage is seeing the fear and continuing to proceed.

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

Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act despite it.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity to act despite our fears.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear, the moving out against the resistance engendered by fear into the unknown and into the future.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

Courage is a kind of salvation. Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage means we face our fears.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

Courage is not something that you already have that makes you brave when the tough times start. Courage is what you earn when you've been through the tough times and you discover they aren't so tough after all.

Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important