Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than one’s fear.
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True courage presses on despite fear because something else matters more.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than one’s fear.
True courage presses on despite fear because something else matters more.
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