A Quote by Mark Twain

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

Mark Twain

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Absence Courage Fear Mastery

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.

Mark Twain

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! - incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage.

Mark Twain

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Mark Twain

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Bruce Wilkinson

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Arianna Huffington

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Jess Bowen

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

Peter McWilliams

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.

Arianna Huffington

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Jeff Myers

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James Neil Hollingworth

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Joyce Meyer

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.

Erwin McManus

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Susan Sontag

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the recognition that some things are more important than fear - and what's more important to me is faith.