COURAGE, n. L., the heart. Bravery intrepidity that quality of mind which enables men to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear or depression of spirits valor boldness resolution. It is a constituent part of fortitude but fortitude implies patience to bear continued suffering.
Courage that grows from constitution, often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty, acts in a uniform manner.
Be strong and of good courage. Deuteronomy 31 .