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.

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.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love read more

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every
virtue at the testing point.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every
virtue at the testing point.

Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta read more

Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla
Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to read more

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].

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

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