"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 that they aren't so tough after all."
from David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell
"Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?"
"That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him.
Bran and Ned Stark, from The Song of Ice and Fire, A Game of Thrones
According to Aristotle, courage is a virtue that needs to be cultivated. Cultivating it requires decisions: deciding not to be afraid in presence of threat; deciding to do the right thing, even when it is difficult.
Perhaps the first step is to acknowledge the fear when we are afraid.
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