true courage is not indifference to fear <br />true courage is not knowing no fear <br />true courage is not mastery of fear <br /> <br />true courage is not berserker rage trance like fury <br /> <br />true courage is feeling fear being intensely afraid <br />then summoning the will to do what needs to be done <br />mindless courage is not courage but often invoked rage<br /><br />Terence G. Craddock (afterglows echoes of starlight)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/true-courage-crisis-manifested/