I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking read more

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

"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 think the Romans call it Stoicism.

I think the Romans call it Stoicism.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.