Courage

Courage, it's somewhat like honor, doing something courageous means your putting your life in danger for someone else, it's the opposite of being selfish. Throwing your life in harms way to protect someone else. Or even doing something that your afraid of, "He mustered up the courage to do...." it's bravery.

“The original definition of ‘courage’ . . . is from the Latin word ‘cor,’ meaning ‘heart.’ And the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart. And so these folks had, very simply, the courage to be imperfect. They had the compassion to be kind to themselves first, and then to others, because, as it turns out, we can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly. And the last was they had connection, and—this was the hard part—as a result of authenticity, they were willing to let go of who they thought they should be, in order to be who they were, which you have to absolutely do that for connection.”

Courage is an admirable quality in a person to be strong mentally and physically against all odds. A person who has a lot of self-esteem, perseverance, will-power and self-confidence in him or her is said to be courageous. The popular synonyms for courage are bravery, resolute, spirited, valiant, gutsy, fortitude, dauntless, strong-willed etc.

Courage can be divided into physical courage (bravery) and moral courage. A brave soldier who is determined to fight his foes for the sake of his motherland is an example of physical courage. An act of moral courage is to stand up for one's convictions irrespective of any obstacle. For example, Mahatma Gandhi believed in the congruence of his beliefs and was courageous enough to use non-violent means for struggle to free his country.