You May Also Like / View all maxioms
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where read more
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and read more
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
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.
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 found in unlikely places.
Courage is found in unlikely places.
