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We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far.

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with too much dejection.

A man must have the courage to be himself, and not the shadow or the echo of another.

A man must so train his habits as to rely upon his own powers and depend upon his own courage in moments of emergency.

Courage may be displayed in everyday life as well as in historic fields of action.

Courage, combined with energy and perseverance, will overcome difficulties apparently insurmountable.

Difficulties may intimidate the weak, but they act only as a wholesome stimulus to men of resolution and valour.

Beside, that the ills which he fears he may suffer, he suffers in the very fear of them.

Can there be any man so fearful, that had not rather fall once than hang always in suspense?

Providence treats us like a generous father, and brings us up to labors, toils, and dangers; whereas the indulgence of a fond mother makes us weak and spiritless.

Let us strive hardily for success even if by so doing we risk failure, spurning the poorer souls of small endeavor who know neither failure nor success.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming

There is little place in active life for the timid good man.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

By flight alone we cannot overcome, but by endurance and true humility we are made stronger than all our enemies.

From that event to the close of the war, I never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety.

I would have given anything then to have been back in Illinois, but I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do; I kept right on.

It occurred to me at once that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him.

My sensations as we approached what I supposed might be 'a field of battle' were anything but agreeable.

But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.

If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell.

If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.

If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.