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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear.
Tender handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man read more
Tender handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until read more
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking read more
The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how read more
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.
Fortune helps the brave.
Fortune helps the brave.
