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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.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
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.
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.
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with read more
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
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.
Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you read more
Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. -Adam Michnik.
