“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”

— Mark Twain

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American author and humorist 1835–1910

Dan Millman (1946) American self help writer

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear.”

Pat Riley (1945) American basketball player, coach, executive

“Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.”

Arianna Huffington (1950) Greek-American author and syndicated columnist

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”

James Neil Hollingworth (1933–1996) talent manager

Quoted in K. Patrick Malone, Inside a Haunted Mind (2008) p. 167

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

1990s, Long Walk to Freedom (1995)
Context: I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

“Courage is not the absence of fear but the awareness that something else is more important.”

Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Foreword to Prisoners of our Thoughts : Viktor Frankl's Principles at Work (2004), by Alex Pattakos, p. x
This statement has also been attributed to James Neil Hollingsworth (AKA: Ambrose Redmoon) in an article entitled "No Peaceful Warriors!" for Gnosis Magazine #21, in 1991.
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change