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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
He who moves not forward, goes backward
He who moves not forward, goes backward
Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams read more
Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.
God Almighty hates a quitter.
God Almighty hates a quitter.
The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his
settled purpose, either by the misdirected read more
The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his
settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow
citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.
[Lat., Justum et tenacem propositi virum
Non civium ardor prava jubentium,
Non vultus instantis tyranni,
Mente quatit solida.]
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone read more
Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.