James Neil Hollingworth (1933–1996) talent manager
Quoted in K. Patrick Malone, Inside a Haunted Mind (2008) p. 167
“Courage is not the absence of fear but the awareness that something else is more important.”
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
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