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I think on some level, that's a fear that exists in everybody, that if we're tested, we won't make the courageous choice. We won't make the decision that would make us heroic. We make the decision that would reveal us to be all too human.

— Bruce Greenwood

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✓Similar Perspectives

We have perpetrated a myth in our society that being brave means not being afraid, but that's wrong.

— James Comey

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

— Martin Freeman

The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear.

— Martha Beck

I don't think most people are all heroic or all villainous, so I find ambiguity of motivations to be a natural human condition.

— Ann Nocenti

At the heart of any terror is the fear of losing what we find meaningful.

— Mark Z. Danielewski

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.

— Leonardo da Vinci

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

— Maya Angelou

The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

— Aaron Carter

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

— Vincent Van Gogh

✗Opposing Perspectives

It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice.

— Cesar Chavez