God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

We are all the President's men.

We are all the President's men.

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.]

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.

You can't test courage cautiously.

You can't test courage cautiously.

There's only one way you can fail, and that's to quit.

There's only one way you can fail, and that's to quit.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble read more

The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.