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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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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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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.

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Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.

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A great man is always willing to be little.

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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

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Pride ruined the angels.

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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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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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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

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