Courage is often defined as the ability to tolerate and be with the discomfort of fear, or put a simpler way feeling the fear and doing it anyway. I was thinking that there are degrees of courage or perhaps there are circumstances where someone overcomes a greater challenge, but when I dig in deeper I think that I’m confusing bravery with courage. When I looked up the meaning of the words and contrasted them, there seemed to be one clear differentiating aspect - forethought or intent. Bravery is more about taking action without thinking about the consequences or not fearing the consequences, whereas courage is taking action after giving thought to the consequences and feeling the fear, but being intent on still taking the action. There is an implication that courage is about wrestling with personal demons, acknowledging them, but not letting them rule our actions.