The Complete Idiot's Guide to Doing Brave Acts*

Moral virtues come from habits. They are not in us neither by nature, nor in despite of nature, but we are furnished by nature with a capacity for receiving them, and we develop them through habit. These virtues we acquire first by exercising them, as in the case of other arts. Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it: men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled; and by doing brave acts, we come to be brave.

--Aristotle, posted here

*Brave acts are personally determined by considering what frightens you, which could be small rodents, very fast moving spiders, public speaking, saying no, saying yes, or eating deli meat which is two days past the Best By date.

*this particular Idiot's Guide book has not yet been written, although there is one on Vampires, and also one on the year 2012, but none yet on the year 2016. So if you want to write the Complete Idiot's Guide to Bravery, or Self-Controlled Acts, or Being Just, or the year 2016, get going

*there also isn't one about harps