A quote-ish thing that I like: "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to overcome it."
So I suppose the absence of fear is the absence of courage. And the absence of fear when there is genuine risk has to be due to either ignorance or arrogance.
If you know what negative consequences you are risking, and what you stand to achieve... and the odds of success... Perhaps then you might be able to judge where the edge of courage is.
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Date: 2007-01-23 07:00 am (UTC)So I suppose the absence of fear is the absence of courage. And the absence of fear when there is genuine risk has to be due to either ignorance or arrogance.
If you know what negative consequences you are risking, and what you stand to achieve... and the odds of success... Perhaps then you might be able to judge where the edge of courage is.