Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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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.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. read more
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.
The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking read more
The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And read more
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
"Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;
Be read more
Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
"Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;
Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess
That the defect; better the more than less;
Better like Hector in the field to die,
Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.
Courage is grace under pressure.
Courage is grace under pressure.
