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Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.
Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.
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.
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.
Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave. - November 11, 1999.
The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave. - November 11, 1999.
It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare
It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to read more
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, read more
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
