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Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.
Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, read more
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to read more
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his
settled purpose, either by the misdirected read more
The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his
settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow
citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.
[Lat., Justum et tenacem propositi virum
Non civium ardor prava jubentium,
Non vultus instantis tyranni,
Mente quatit solida.]
The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. -R. G. Ingersoll.
The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. -R. G. Ingersoll.
One man with courage makes a majority. -Andrew Jackson.
One man with courage makes a majority. -Andrew Jackson.
Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you read more
Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. -Adam Michnik.
