Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, read more

Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, read more

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.

The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.

The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.

It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.

How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.

How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares read more

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.