To fight fear, act. To increase fear--wait, put off postpone.--David Joseph Schwartz

To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light.--Coventry Patmore

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it until the test comes.--Carl Sandburg

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power.. the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.--Patrick Henry

We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.--Brene Brown (Rising Strong: the Reckoning, the Rumble, the Revolution)

We cannot be wise while in the grip of a deep fear. ... This is why demagogues, when seeking our support, will first cause us to fear and hate, knowing when we are in the grip of a great fear, we will abandon common sense and wisdom, we will forsake the hard-won lessons of time and experience.--Philip Gulley ("Wisdom and Ephipany