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

What does it mean?

Being brave doesn't mean you feel no fear. It means you fight your fear and control it.

Key vocabulary

mastery

complete control of something

• “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter: 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.”– Mark Twain
• “I know grammar by ear only, not by note, not by the rules.”– Mark Twain
• “In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.”– Mark Twain
• “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”– Often attributed to Mark Twain