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A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
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.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. read more
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin to Pooh
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And read more
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre read more
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais ete
dans le peril.]
In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long read more
In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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.
The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.
The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.
