John McCain's definition of courage is: "acts that risk life or limb or other very serious personal injuries for the sake of others or to uphold a virtue." Quoting Admiral Lord Nelson, McCain writes: "'No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.' . . . All problems, personal, national, or combat, become smaller if you don't dodge them." In short: with Eleanor Roosevelt, do the thing you think you cannot do.
(Excerpts are from Why Courage Matters.)
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