Courage is grace under pressure.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.
Courage takes many forms. There is physical courage, there is moral courage, then there is a still higher type of courage, -- the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along."
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
From the Book:
The Change-Your-Life Quote Book
by Allen Klein
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