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A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for ten minutes longer.

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The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, o...more

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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

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Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to belie...more

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Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he sta...more

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Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own ...more

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Every man has his own courage and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

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Courage consists of the power of self-recovery.

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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived ...more

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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in ...more

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Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other.

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All things are engaged in writing their history...Not a foot steps into the snow, or along the ground, but prints in characters more or less lasting, ...more

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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

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Do not be too timid and squeamish. ... All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

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All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.