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

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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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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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Whatever you do you need courage. ... To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs.

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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.

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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 beli...more

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Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficult...more

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I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has ...more