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

—  James Neil Hollingworth

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

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." by James Neil Hollingworth?
James Neil Hollingworth photo
James Neil Hollingworth1
talent manager 1933–1996

Related quotes

Stephen R. Covey photo

“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

Meg Cabot photo

“Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.”

Meg Cabot The Princess Diaries

Source: The Princess Diaries

Mark Twain photo

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

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

Nelson Mandela photo

“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.

Umberto Eco photo

“Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.”

Umberto Eco book The Name of the Rose

Variant: Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.”" -
Source: The Name of the Rose

Arianna Huffington photo

“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

Walter Raleigh photo

“Cowards fear to die; but courage stout,
Rather than live in snuff, will be put out.”

Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer

On the snuff of a candle the night before he died; Raleigh's Remains, p. 258, ed. 1661

Paulo Coelho photo

“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Related topics