You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage. What feeling arise in our hearts when we hear this word? Maybe you would feel admiration, respect, or fear, or maybe nothing at all. The word Courage has a very long history and its origin is from the Latin word coraticum. The root “cor” means "heart". So literally it means “an action that comes from a heart”, in other words it is a noble action. It what sense is this word used by contemporary people? The main interpretation of the term is “to describe people who have a quality of mind that allows them to face danger without …show more content…
It is an action when a person goes through difficulties or bears up against the evil to do something good (or to improve something) and does not expect to gain anything from it. ”Courage” is a state of heart, when dignity is the ruling force. It does not matter what it is, to die for the life of another person or earning money to pay for the kids’ education.
Some of the most courageous acts are those of people who sacrifice their time away from their families and home to put their lives on the line for the way of life that we have been accustomed to. You can also describe someone that exudes courage as someone who will go into
There are also more subtle distinctions in the definition of courage. For instance, some distinguish between courage and foolhardiness in that a courageous person overcomes a justifiable fear for an even more noble purpose. If the fear is not justifiable or if the purpose is not noble, then the courage is either false or foolhardy.
Moral courage, more than physical courage, is widely debated. It is frequently regarded as courage in following one's own ethics which may result in the individual feeling isolated from colleagues, or even family. Also moral courage is facing shame, scandal, prejudice or even discouragement and defeating