Fear Courage Quotes - Page 6

• Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

  Helen Keller

  Death, Spiritual, Courage

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Light

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• It is yin and yang. Light is the left hand of darkness ... how did it go? Light, dark. Fear, courage. Cold, warmth. Female, male. It is yourself ... both and one. A shadow on snow.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Dark, Light, Hands

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.182, Penguin

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• It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

  Gillian Anderson

  Fear, Moving, Mean

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear.

  James Neil Hollingworth

  Courage, Acting, Absence

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• Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is action in spite of fear. Courageous people never really overcome their fears. They just become determined to push through them and to use that adrenaline to their advantage.

  Jeff Myers

  People, Overcoming, Use

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• Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the recognition that some things are more important than fear - and what's more important to me is faith.

  Irshad Manji

  Important, Recognition, Absence

  "Glenn Beck", www.cnn.com. February 13, 2007.

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• Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at your to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do.

  Jim Butcher

  Running, Courage, Fear

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.224, Penguin

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• Courage never takes away fear; courage simply redistributes fear to get the job done.

  Dan B. Allender

  Courage, Jobs, Done

  Dan B. Allender (2011). “Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness”, p.77, WaterBrook

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• Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

  Peter McWilliams

  Courage, Fear, Belief

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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