Bravery

Bravery is something that every man and woman wants to have. Being brave can help them achieve many things, but bravery is not something that can simply be wished for and the next day it happens. Bravery is facing your darkest fears head on. Bravery is looking your fear straight in the eyes and not backing down.

Aristotle states,

"For fear of some bad things, such as bad reputation, is actually right and fine and lack of fear is shameful; for if someone fears bad reputation, he is descent and properly prone to shame and if he has no fear of it, he has no feeling of disgrace. Some, however, call this fearless person brave, by a transference of the name; for he has similarity to the brave person, since the brave person is also a type of fearless person." (Aristotle 40)

I think one of the greatest examples of bravery would be the 300 Spartans, led by King Leonidas, that stood up to King Xerses and the Persian army. The Persian army consisted of 100,000 men. Now the Spartans knew that 300 men going up against an army of 100,000 men was something that seemed impossible and surely a lot of the Spartans were in fear for their lives, but they only fought for their beloved Sparta. That is one of the greatest examples of bravery, because they literally came toe to toe with their biggest fear, death, and looked straight into its eyes.