This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. -R. G. Ingersoll.

The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. -R. G. Ingersoll.

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.

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the read more

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

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.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, read more

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,
Held we fall to rise, are baffled to flight better,
Sleep to wake.