Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment... - Walter Matthau

"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."

Walter Matthau Courage

Actor Journalist American 1920–2000

More from Walter Matthau

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind."

"Entertain the thought, but don't marry it."

"I think the key to life is just persistence."

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."