Courage?" I gave a very soft laugh. "I find courage is just another of life's illusions. In the end, we all do what we must.

Anthony Ryan
About This Quote

The illusion of courage is what causes people to make decisions based on fear. When we are faced with a situation that is unfamiliar and scary, we don't know what to do. We try to find comfort in what we think will solve the problem. We look for the easy way out.

But, when we fail at that, we then try something that is more hard and harder still. When we finally succeed at something, we believe that it was the result of our own strength and resourcefulness. We let ourselves down because we base our success on something that isn't real.

Source: Queen Of Fire

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