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not the absence of fear but the decision to do it scared
means the mental strength to face fear, danger, or difficulty and act anyway, rather than retreat.
from From Old French 'corage,' built on Latin 'cor,' meaning heart — the organ once believed to seat both feeling and resolve. So courage is literally a matter of heart: to have courage was to act from one's deepest spirit. The same root beats inside 'cordial,' 'concord,' and 'record.'
- latin root
- from cor, meaning heart
- physical cost
- same adrenaline as terror, opposite choice
- contagious
- one brave act recruits the hesitant
- not loud
- often the quietest person standing still
harriet tubman — led approximately 70 enslaved people to freedom via the underground railroad in the 1850s
rosa parks — refused to give up her bus seat in montgomery, alabama on december 1, 1955, sparking the civil rights movement
malala yousafzai — survived a taliban shooting in pakistan in 2012 and continued advocating for girls' education