Courage?

Posted on August 20, 2026 by mitchteemley
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“Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that’s why life is hard.” ~Unknown

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23 Responses to Courage?

  1. Liz Gauffreau says:
    August 20, 2026 at 6:31 pm

    Hence, why I am occasionally paralyzed with indecision.

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  3. byngnigel says:
    August 20, 2026 at 7:42 pm

    Very true.

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  4. Nancy Homlitas says:
    August 20, 2026 at 7:57 pm

    Oh, good! I didn’t know I’d been courageous so many times in.my life. 🤣

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  5. Jeff says:
    August 20, 2026 at 11:21 pm

    Hold my beer and watch this!

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  6. Terry says:
    August 21, 2026 at 6:00 am

    This is an excellent and accurate quote.

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  7. Carl Wright says:
    August 21, 2026 at 8:57 am

    There is a lot of truth in that, Mitch. 🙏

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  8. Andrew McDowell says:
    August 21, 2026 at 9:24 am

    I can see the similarities.

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  9. Ortensia says:
    August 21, 2026 at 10:28 am

    😂😂😂True

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  10. mothjournal14 says:
    August 21, 2026 at 11:51 am

    A little humor makes it hurt less!!

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  11. Kara Luker says:
    August 21, 2026 at 2:16 pm

    Hahaha so true!

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  12. Anonymous says:
    August 21, 2026 at 3:50 pm

    Are you able to read this Mitch?

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  13. Ab says:
    August 21, 2026 at 9:17 pm

    🤣😂

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  14. joseph elon lillie says:
    August 22, 2026 at 5:57 am

    Yes indeed the line between courageous and stupid is a thin one. And sometimes the former requires a bit of the latter.

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  15. Vademecum Pacjenta says:
    August 23, 2026 at 3:07 pm

    Bing says it’s quote from Jeremy Goldberg, an English historian, but other sources say it’s uncertain. But it’s brilliant.

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  16. Michael E. Lynch says:
    August 23, 2026 at 11:13 pm

    I believe the difference between courage and stupidity depends on what you hope to achieve.
    If you risk pain by invading Normandy to save Western civilization, or by running into a burning building to rescue someone who’s trapped inside, that’s courage.
    If you risk pain by running into the lion’s cage at the zoo yelling, “Here kitty, kitty,” to see if it will play with you, that’s stupidity.

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  17. authorfleurl says:
    August 24, 2026 at 4:58 pm

    Sometimes it seems glaringly obvious; other times, there is a fine line between courage and stupidity. And agreed, humour makes it hurt less!

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