We don’t want to admit we’ve been chicken-hearted, timid, cowardly — but when we don’t stand up for injustice, bravely changing our families and our cultures with undoubting lionheartedness, that’s exactly what we are.
Origin of “be strong and courageous” (Deut 31:6)
Strong’s Concordance: stout, bold, alert. A primate root: to be ALERT, physically (on foot) and mentally (in courage)