A Quote by Maya Angelou

Having courage does not mean we are unafraid. — © Maya Angelou
Having courage does not mean we are unafraid.
Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.'
Professional courage is the steel fiber that makes an NCO unafraid and willing to tell it like it is. The concept of professional courage does not always mean being as tough as nails, either. It also suggests a willingness to listen to the soldiers' problems, to go to bat for them in a tough situation and it means knowing just how far they can go. It also means being willing to tell the boss when he is wrong.
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
Courage does not mean not fearing or not grieving. It does mean recognizing and resisting terror management right away, from the moment of the attack, precisely when it seems most difficult to do so.
For the only courage worth calling courage must necessarily mean that the soul passes a breaking point and does not break.
You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'
Courage does not panic; it prays. Courage does not bemoan; it believes. Courage does not languish; it listens
Having faith does not mean having no difficulties, but having the strength to face them, knowing we are not alone.
I personally think it would be a very liberating thing for women to allow themselves to understand that having it all incorporates sacrifice. It does mean that you can't be everywhere all the time. It does mean that your friends are not going to get all of you.
The only life worth living is the adventurous life. Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid. If is unafraid of what other people think . . . It does not adapt either its pace or its objectives to the pace and objectives of its neighbors. It thinks its own thoughts, it reads its own books, it developed its own hobbies, and it is governed by its own conscience. The herd may graze where it pleases or stampede where it pleases, but he who lives the adventurous life will remain unafraid when he finds himself alone.
The bravest soldiers aren't unafraid, but they're the ones who are able to harness their fear on behalf of courage.
Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear.
What does it mean to dance? What does it mean to commit a crime? What does it mean to be anxious? What does it mean to tell a joke? The great thing about the French is that they have thought about these subjects in a great variety of ways and are a very articulate people.
No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
Perhaps having the courage to find a better path is having the courage to risk making new mistakes.
Spiritual maturity does not mean that we will never make wrong plans. In fact, spiritual maturity often means having the courage to admit we've made the wrong plans.
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