1.The ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous.
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The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger or fear with self-possession, confidence, and resolution bravery.
4. The power or quality of dealing with or facing danger, fear, pain, etc
Examples of COURAGE
1. She has the courage to support unpopular causes.
2. It takes courage to stand up for your rights.
Quotations
"No one can answer for his courage when he has never been in danger" [Duc de la Rochefoucauld Maxims]
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage" [Seneca Letters to Lucilius]
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point" [C.S. Lewis]
"Screw your courage to the sticking place" [William Shakespeare Macbeth]
Courage is a highly acclaimed trait in a person. It is raised up in war and times of struggle, but sometimes the intentions behind these courageous actions are overlooked. The value of courage lies not in the act itself, but in the motivations and values behind it. Simple being brave does not constitute courage.
If an act is performed that has no thought behind, it loses its value. In the words of orator and lawyer Robert Green Ingersoll, "Courage without conscience (a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour) is a wild beast." One should give some thought to an action before acting upon it. Without thought, or "conscience", the action can be untimely and uncontrolled as would a "wild beast."
Rather, good intentions and motivations should fuel courageous actions. As British author Samuel Johnson states, "Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing." In other words, courage or bravery is worthless and unnecessary if the final outcome cannot be beneficial.
Courage is defined by the motivations and thoughts that exist within the action. If these do not exist, the value of courage is lost.
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