<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">When you're brave, you give others permission to be brave, too.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">One act of courage can start a chain reaction.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Your actions matter more than you think.</li></ul>

8. Courage Inspires Others

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Speaking up in a meeting can be as brave as leading a revolution.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Everyday acts — honesty, kindness, standing up for others — all require courage.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Bravery isn’t always loud; often, it’s quiet but firm.</li></ul>

6. Courage Comes in Big and Small Moments

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The world faces many challenges, and it needs brave people to step up.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">From injustice to crisis, silence helps no one.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Speaking the truth and doing the right thing are forms of modern courage.</li></ul>

9. Courage Is Needed Now More Than Ever

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Fear is part of being human — it protects us but can also hold us back.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Most of our fears are imagined or exaggerated.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You can’t eliminate fear, but you can learn to manage and overcome it.</li></ul>

2. Fear Is Natural, But It’s Not the Boss

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Courage isn’t just about fearlessness; it's taking action despite fear.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It’s the foundation of all virtues — without courage, none of the others matter.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Everyone has fear, but the brave choose to move forward anyway.</li></ul>

1. What Courage Really Means

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<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Playing it safe can lead to regret and missed opportunities.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Inaction has its own consequences — often worse than failure.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Sometimes, not taking a stand is the most dangerous choice.</li></ul>

4. Avoiding Risks Is Also a Risk

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Others may criticize or misunderstand you when you're brave.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Courage means doing what’s right, not what’s popular.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The fear of judgment is just another form of fear to overcome.</li></ul>

7. People Will Doubt You — Be Brave Anyway

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Start small — speak honestly, face your fears, take risks.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Build courage like a muscle by using it regularly.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Remember: courage isn’t the absence of fear, but action in spite of it.</li></ul>

10. Practice Courage Daily

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">You don’t need to be born brave — courage is something you practice.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Each time you act with courage, you strengthen it.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Ordinary people make courageous choices every day.</li></ul>

3. Courage Is a Choice, Not a Trait

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">From Socrates to modern heroes, change happens through brave actions.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">People who dared to speak truth or act boldly shaped the world.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Their stories remind us of the power of one courageous person.</li></ul>

5. History Is Built on Acts of Courage

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The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Ryan Holiday’s bestselling trilogy—The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key—captivated professional athletes, CEOs, politicians, and entrepreneurs and helped bring Stoicism to millions of readers. Now, in the first book of an exciting new series on the cardinal virtues of ancient philosophy, Holiday explores the most foundational virtue of all: Courage. Almost every religion, spiritual practice, philosophy and person grapples with fear. The most repeated phrase in the Bible is “Be not afraid.” The ancient Greeks spoke of phobos, panic and terror. It is natural to feel fear, the Stoics believed, but it cannot rule you. Courage, then, is the ability to rise above fear, to do what’s right, to do what’s needed, to do what is true. And so it rests at the heart of the works of Marcus Aurelius, Aristotle, and CS Lewis, alongside temperance, justice, and wisdom. In Courage Is Calling, Ryan Holiday breaks down the elements of fear, an expression of cowardice, the elements of courage, an expression of bravery, and lastly, the elements of heroism, an expression of valor. Through engaging stories about historic and contemporary leaders, including Charles De Gaulle, Florence Nightingale, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday shows you how to conquer fear and practice courage in your daily life. You’ll also delve deep into the moral dilemmas and courageous acts of lesser-known, but equally as important, figures from ancient and modern history, such as Helvidius Priscus, a Roman Senator who stood his ground against emperor Vespasian, even in the face of death; Frank Serpico, a former New York City Police Department Detective who exposed police corruption; and Frederick Douglass and a slave named Nelly, whose fierce resistance against her captors inspired his own crusade to end slavery. In a world in which fear runs rampant—when people would rather stand on the sidelines than speak out against injustice, go along with convention than bet on themselves, and turn a blind eye to the ugly realities of modern life—we need courage more than ever. We need the courage of whistleblowers and risk takers. We need the courage of activists and adventurers. We need the courage of writers who speak the truth—and the courage of leaders to listen. We need you to step into the arena and fight.

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Ryan Holiday is media strategist for notorious clients like Tucker Max and Dov Charney. After dropping out of college at 19 to apprentice under the strategist Robert Greene, he went on to advise many bestselling authors and multi-platinum musicians. He is the Director of Marketing at American Apparel, where his work in advertising was internationally known. His strategies are used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube, and Google, and have been written about in AdAge, the New York Times, Gawker, and Fast Company. He is the author is *Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator*, which is due out in July. He currently lives in New Orleans, with his rebellious puppy, Hanno.

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