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Quotation from Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt
“There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, ranging from grizzly bears to "mean" horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.”
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography, Chapter II, The Vigor of Life (Project Gutenberg #3335 (1920 Scribner edition of the 1913 text))
He explains the method of acquiring courage that he took from a passage in Marryat.
Citation: "There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, ranging from grizzly bears to "mean" horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid." — Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography, Chapter II, The Vigor of Life (Project Gutenberg #3335 (1920 Scribner edition of the 1913 text)). (id theodore-roosevelt-an-autobiography-q4)
Virtues: Fortitude
Portrait: Theodore Roosevelt by the Pach Bros, Pach Brothers; restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
