The difference between a victim and a warrior is one of suffering. The victim suffers because his crippling fear renders him inherently passive, whereas the warrior uses his impeccable spirit to blast suffering and passivity out of his life. This doesn't mean that the warrior is free from pain or fear, far from it, these are always welcomed, in fact, actively sought out, as temperers of spirit, without which he would become an obnoxiously selfish monster.