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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Fortune helps the brave.
Fortune helps the brave.
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And read more
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
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.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep read more
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep it.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and read more
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of read more
If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a read more
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
