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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take read more
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.
The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities
. . . because it is the quality which guarantees read more
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities
. . . because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
There's no substitute for guts.
There's no substitute for guts.
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take read more
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor ; spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
