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brave isn't the absence of fear, it's fear that showed up to work anyway
means Showing courage in the face of danger, pain, or difficulty — willing to act despite the risk.
from From Old French 'brave' meaning 'splendid, valiant,' which came from Italian 'bravo' — a word that pulled double duty, meaning both 'bold' and 'wild, savage.' Trace it further back and it likely springs from Latin 'barbarus' (foreign, barbarous) or possibly 'pravus' (crooked, untamed). So the same root that once meant 'a wild outsider' softened over centuries into a compliment — the untamed became the courageous, and 'bravo!' became something we shout in praise.
- latin root
- comes from barbarus, meaning wild and untamed
- body chemistry
- courage and terror share identical physical symptoms
- animal proof
- honey badgers attack lions and rarely lose
- brain trick
- the amygdala fires before the brave choice forms
- old meaning
- once a synonym for showy or splendidly dressed
william wallace — scottish knight who led resistance against english rule at the battle of stirling bridge in 1297
joan of arc — french peasant girl who led military victories during the hundred years' war before being burned at the stake in 1431
rosa parks — african american woman who refused to give up her bus seat in montgomery, alabama on december 1, 1955