Real Courage

Last week, I had an assignment in school to think about what courage is, choose somebody who exemplifies courage to write a research paper on, do a service project that exemplifies courage, make a plan to develop courage, and give an oral presentation on my chosen person. So, I thought a lot about courage, and I want to share some thoughts on courage.

Soldiers, who fight for the love of what they believe, are courageous.

Teachers, who truly care about their students and are willing to do what they can to help, are courageous.

Mothers and fathers, who help and care for their children, are courageous.

Those who refuse to participate in gossiping are courageous.

Those who stand up for what they know are courageous.


There is also cowardice. Cowardice is backing down when things get hard. Cowardice is giving up, without reason.

Courage refuses to give up. Courage gets up every morning resolved to try to do better, even if it messed up yesterday. Courage follows this advice from Winston Churchill:
"...never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in
nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and
good sense."