“There is nothing worth doing that is not scary. There is no one who has achieved greatness without wrestling with their own doubts, anxieties, limitations, and demons.” -book, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave by Ryan Holiday
“Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.” -William Faulkner
“When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.” -Job 23:10
“If you don’t stand for something, you fall for anything.” -song, Harder Than You Think by Public Enemy
True courage doesn’t mean that you lack fear.
Quite the opposite.
True courage involves feeling tremendous fear and doing the right thing anyway. Sometimes in the face of widespread opposition.
A virtue like courage can only emerge when one is tested.