They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear read more

They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me.

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the read more

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

I think the Romans call it Stoicism.

I think the Romans call it Stoicism.

Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.
(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).

Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.
(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking read more

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is
happening to our neighbours.

We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is
happening to our neighbours.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear

The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions,
inspirations, flashes of genius.

The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions,
inspirations, flashes of genius.

You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.

You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.