All serious daring starts from within. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.

All serious daring starts from within. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long read more

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with read more

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging read more

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to read more

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time.

I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time.