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.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

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.

There's only one way you can fail, and that's to quit.

There's only one way you can fail, and that's to quit.

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld.

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld.

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how read more

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Never despair, keep pushing on!

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace,
the best of circumstances.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace,
the best of circumstances.

We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is
happening to our neighbours.

We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is
happening to our neighbours.