It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them read more

A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize read more

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, read more

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where read more

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a read more

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.