James Farmer Quotes

Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.

Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway.

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

Being brave doesn't mean never being afraid, you know. It means going for it anyway because you know it's the right thing to do.

Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

Courage is more important than confidence

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.

That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -Jo

In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, He asks us to be strong and take courage. What is courage? As Ordinary discovered, courage is not the absence of fear; rather, it's choosing to act in spite of the fear. You could say that without fear, you can't have genuine courage.

Courage is not the absence of fear...

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

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

Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.