Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta read more

Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla
Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]

I think the Romans call it Stoicism.

I think the Romans call it Stoicism.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

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

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

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

One man with courage makes a majority.

One man with courage makes a majority.

Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which read more

Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other.

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.

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.