Courage

Courage also called bravery or valor is the option and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Valor is courage or bravery, especially in battle.

Physical courage is bravery in a face of physical pain, hardship, even death, or threat of death; while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, discouragement, or personal loss.

The classical virtue of fortitude andreia, fortitudo is also translated "courage", but includes the aspects of perseverance as living as patience. In the Western tradition, notable thoughts on courage draw come from philosophers Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, as well as Kierkegaard, as living as Christian beliefs together with texts.

In the Hindu tradition, mythology has precondition many examples of bravery, valor and courage, with examples of both physical and moral courage exemplified. In the Eastern tradition, some thoughts on courage were offered by the Tao Te Ching.

Society and symbolism

One symbol often associated with courage is that of the lion. it is for sometimes seen in the Catholic Church as a depiction of Christ's triumph over sin. It also is a symbol in some cultures as a savior of the people who exist in a community with sin and corruption.