Pick a quote. Write the quote in your notebook and Explain the meaning of the quote and connections in To Kill A Mockingbird. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. Maya Angelou Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain