Lt. John B. Putnam, Jr. is credited for the saying. Putnam, a highly decorated member of the US Air Force, is best known for his military record during World War II. He died while in service to his country when his plane crashed July 19, 1944. He was 23 years old.
James Neil Hollingsworth writing as Ambrose Redmoon wrote "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the judgment that something is more important than fear."
Lt. John B. Putnam, Jr.
Lt. John B. Putnam Jr.
Lt. John B. Putnam Jr. (1921-1944)
Lt. John B. Putnam Jr. (1921-1944)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."~ Ambrose RedmoonOther similar:"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."~ Mark Twain"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."~ Dorothy Bernard
courage
A chicken symbolizes fear or reluctancy to face situations in life. A chicken may also symbolize a lack of courage.
Bilbo showed tremendous courage when he went forward into the dragon's lair even though he was more afraid at that time than any other. Courage is not a lack of fear but the ability to act while being afraid.
Lt. John B. Putnam, Jr. is credited for the saying. Putnam, a highly decorated member of the US Air Force, is best known for his military record during World War II. He died while in service to his country when his plane crashed July 19, 1944. He was 23 years old.James Neil Hollingsworth writing as Ambrose Redmoon wrote "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the judgment that something is more important than fear."
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." ~ Ambrose Redmoon "Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the presence of fear with the capacity to manage and overcome it." ~ Anon. Catholics and Protestants believe in the Trinity. They both believe that Jesus is the God the Son, and that he died for sins. They both believe in heaven and hell. The Catholic Church has the whole truth because the pope is infallible when teaching on matters of Faith and Morals, it's teachings have been revealed by God himself, not personal interpretation of a bible. (Protestants just broke off from the true Church because Martin Luther thought it was too difficult to follow Christ's teachings)
I found out that this gave much more meaning when we changed perspective of the question into: How to learn courage and become more fearless? Which in the answer would be that courage is not a LACK of fear, but merely facing your fear to realize that there is nothing to be afraid of: thus the funtion of fear is just that. So the function of fear seems to be some kind of guide. I.e facing death or other situations that are outside of your comfort zone to realize that they are nothing to worry about.
lack is a verb- He lacks the courage to fight in the ring.a lack is a noun - He suffers from a lack of hair.