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We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love read more
It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel.
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.
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
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.]
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.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.