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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.
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to read more
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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.
One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, read more
One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,
Held we fall to rise, are baffled to flight better,
Sleep to wake.
It's is better to of lived and died, than have never lived and tried.
It's is better to of lived and died, than have never lived and tried.
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
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.