Definition Essay

Courage

A definition of courage is:"The ability to face danger or difficulty or pain, even when you are afraid."

 Mark Twain said "Courage is resistant to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. " I think this is true because you can still do brave things even though you feel afraid.

A poem I found on the internet that I liked was:

Life is a Courage

Courage to do something extraordinary,

Courage to fight with diseases,

Courage to make people stand on their own,

Courage to believe in someone,

Courage to fight against all odds

Suruchi Puri

 

This poem makes me think of all the things that courage means; bravery,daring,heroism,nobility,bravado,heroics,gallantry,nerve and pluck.

Joshua 1:6 says " Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them". Joshua was scared but he had to trust God to help him to do the courageous thing. The most courageous person I read about was Mary Slessor when she braved sickness, danger and death in a country far away from her own by herself during the 1800's.