„…do not courageous men endure death because they are afraid of yet greater evils? …Then all but philosophers are courageous only from fear, and because they are afraid; and yet that a man should be courageous from fear, and because he is a coward, is surely a strange thing.“

— Socrates

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„Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool. ]“
— Robert A. Heinlein
„Without fear there cannot be courage.“
— Christopher Paolini
„Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„Everyone is afraid of something. We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don't wish you didn't fear anything. All that would mean is that you didn't feel anything.“
— Cassandra Clare