Everyone thinks that courage is about facing death without flinching. But almost anyone can do that. Almost anyone can hold their breath and not scream for as long as it takes to die. True courage is about facing life without flinching. I don't mean the times when the right path is hard, but glorious at the end. I'm talking about enduring the boredom, the messiness, and the inconvenience of doing what is right. Robin Hobb
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The author, Max Lucado, is alluding to the fact that one can be brave physically without being brave morally. He is making the point that there are people who are brave physically, but not morally. Take, for example, a football player who runs through a wall of defenders to make a touchdown. This person is physically brave, but not morally brave because he doesn't care about his teammates. He's not willing to sacrifice his own life for the good of the team.

Source: The Mad Ship

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