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One man with courage makes a majority.
One man with courage makes a majority.
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take read more
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.
I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and read more
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
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.]
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.