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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We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre read more
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais ete
dans le peril.]
Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm
and it will turn.
Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm
and it will turn.
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with read more
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until read more
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities
. . . because it is the quality which guarantees read more
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities
. . . because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage. -Confucius Analects.
To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage. -Confucius Analects.
If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave read more
If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.
"I'm very brave generally," he went on in a low voice; "only today I happen to have a headache."
"I'm very brave generally," he went on in a low voice; "only today I happen to have a headache."
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.
