Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.
With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.
The process of quitting smoking doesn't end with the last cigarette. It's not quitting itself, the real key is staying quit
There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.
If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost courage in battle