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He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
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.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
One man with courage makes a majority. -Andrew Jackson.
One man with courage makes a majority. -Andrew Jackson.
Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.
Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.
Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
"Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;
Be read more
Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
"Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;
Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess
That the defect; better the more than less;
Better like Hector in the field to die,
Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
