Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm
and it will turn.

Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm
and it will turn.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., read more

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. -Paul Richter.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. -Paul Richter.

Tender handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man read more

Tender handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.

Is not absence death to those who love?

Is not absence death to those who love?

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.