Test: How brave are you?

As far as you are concerned, courage is about principle and ideas. It's about thinking before you act, even if you are afraid, even if it's not easy, and even if other people don't think you should. You know you have to do something so you do it. For you, bravery is about living your life well (being true to your aims and promises), behaving in a respectful manner (being frank and hurting as few people as possible) and telling the truth even if it's difficult (daring to say what might be inconvenient for others.)

You are not innately brave, but you have learned to be. And now this is central to the way you live your life. Your courage goes hand in hand with prudence - you're not afraid to confront your problems but you want to choose when and how to do it. And that's nothing to do with timidity or the fact that you are blind to danger.

When you feel strongly enough to intervene, you do so calmly. You explain, negotiate, and only get into an argument as an absolute last resort. Is there a problem with this? Perhaps only the risk that you will be too quick to judge others who are held back by fear. You would like everyone to be brave, but everyone is not like you. What's remarkable about you is not the absence of fear, but that you have taken the decision not to let fear take over.