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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses read more
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
 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. 
No person among us deserves any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having read more
No person among us deserves any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
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.
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
One man with courage makes a majority.
One man with courage makes a majority.