We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.
John McCainDid you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly, and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, 'Where is that marvelous ape?'
John McCain