“Courage doesn't mean being free from fear; it means learning to work through fear and speak even when we are afraid.”
“Being fearless doesn't mean having an absence of fear. It means you press on in spite of fear.”
“But courage is also means being afraid, accepting a fear of the unknown. Anyone who claims to be unafraid as they sit in a barracks in-processing for war is either lying or crazy.”
“We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak when we are tired. For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us. (227)”
“Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid”
“being fearless doesn't mean you have no fears. it means you're strong enough to face them”