Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really
are.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really
are.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace,
the best of circumstances.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace,
the best of circumstances.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

You can't test courage cautiously.

You can't test courage cautiously.

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.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities
. . . because it is the quality which guarantees read more

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities
. . . because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, read more

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,
Held we fall to rise, are baffled to flight better,
Sleep to wake.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.