Source: Witchlight
“True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job.”
Norman Schwarzkopf (1934–2012) United States Army general
As quoted in General H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. Interview with the American Academy of Achievement Source: [General H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. Interview, www.achievement.org, "Academy of Achievement", https://achievement.org/achiever/general-h-norman-schwarzkopf/#interview] As quoted in Pocket Patriot : Quotes from American Heroes (2005) by Kelly Nickell, p. 53
Ann Richards (1933–2006) American politician
Ann Richards Discusses Texas, Politics and Humor on Larry King Live http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/23/lkl.00.html, CNN, January 23 2001 <br class="br">2001
“Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.”
Clint Eastwood (1930) actor and director from the United States
In the first part, Eastwood was reportedly quoting a favored instruction from acting coach Jack Kosslyn.
p. 112.
Clint: The Life and Legend (1999)
Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451
Usher II (1950)
The Martian Chronicles (1950)
Source: Fahrenheit 451
Context: They began by controlling books of cartoons and then detective books and, of course, films, one way or another, one group or another, political bias, religious prejudice, union pressures; there was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.
“They were afraid of dying but even more afraid to show it.”
Tim O'Brien book The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried (1990)
