Faith is the quiet cousin of courage.

Lasater’s line links two inner capacities that are often treated as opposites: faith as receptive trust and courage as active bravery. Calling faith the “quiet cousin” of courage suggests a familial closeness—both help a person face uncertainty—but with different temperaments. Courage is the visible act of stepping forward despite fear; faith is the quieter, sustaining confidence that meaning, support, or possibility exists even when outcomes are unknown. The phrase also implies that courage may be fueled by an underlying faith, and that faith itself can be a form of bravery when it requires enduring ambiguity without immediate proof.