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We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is
happening to our neighbours.
We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is
happening to our neighbours.
You can't test courage cautiously.
You can't test courage cautiously.
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses read more
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
"Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;
Be read more
Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
"Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;
Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess
That the defect; better the more than less;
Better like Hector in the field to die,
Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.
All serious daring starts from within. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.
All serious daring starts from within. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.
Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.
Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.
Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
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.]