David Seabury Quotes

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

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

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.

Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith.

Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway.

And yet, what is bravery but the capacity to reject our fears, ignore and supress them, then go on to do whatever it is we are afraid to do.

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.

Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'.

Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

Bravery is not the absence of fear, it is overcoming it.

I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

Being brave doesn't mean never being afraid, you know. It means going for it anyway because you know it's the right thing to do.

Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.