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Fortitude

Definitions: (1) strength of mind in the face of pain, adversity, or peril; (2) patient courage plus magnanimity

See also: Courageous

Derivation: Latin, “strong,” “powerful”

Comment: It is by facing stress, conflict, difficulty, and problems that you acquire the qualities of strength, fortitude, and bravery.

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  • at Ascension University
    • AEVIA
    • The Ascension Experience
      • Ascension Cafe
    • The College of Revealed Cosmology
    • The School for Service to All
      • The School of Statesmanship
        • The Qualities of Statesmanship
          • A Statesman is a Thoughtful Deliberator
          • Principled Compromise and the Statesman
          • The Creative Vision of Statesmanship
          • The Pervasive Integrity of the Statesman
          • The Service Minded Statesman
          • The Statesman as a Civil Communicator
          • Wise Leadership and the Statesman
    • The Aevia Institutes of Management
    • Ascension University Directorate
  • Defining Our Times
  • Engaging in Discovery
    • Quintessential Curriculum
  • Guest Lecturers
    • Downs, Jim
      • The Nature and Attributes of God
    • Forester, Carol
    • Kalk, Bob
      • Falling Leaves – A Parable
    • Whitehouse, Sheldon
      • The Scheme
  • Recent Podcasts
  • Words Aloft
    • The World’s Religions
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