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If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively.

If I’m going to fall, I don’t want to fall back on anything, except my faith.

I find I want courage to marry where I do not like

To balance probabilities, where life and liberty hang on the result, requires steady nerves.

I have not sought this enormous responsibility, but I will not shirk it.

The man that stands upon a principle is the same calm, dauntless, self-possessed man under all circumstances.

Instead of denying these fears, declare them, say them out loud, admit them, give them the credit they deserve.

I’d subscribe to the belief that we’re all destined to have to do the thing we fear the most anyway.

Life is not a popularity contest. Be brave, take the hill but first, answer the question, “What is my hill?”

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.

These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.

We took risks, we knew we took them; things have come out against us, and therefore we have no cause for complaint, but bow to the will of Providence, determined still to do our best to the last.

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

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

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.

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.

So, if you want to change the world, don’t back down from the sharks.

There are a lot of sharks in the world. If you hope to complete the swim you will have to deal with them.

Imperturbability means coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances, calmness amid storm, clearness of judgment in moments of grave peril, immobility, impassiveness, or, to use an old and expressive word, phlegm.

Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons to ourselves.

Resolution is an act of courage in single instances, and if it becomes a characteristic trait, it is a habit of the mind.

A man's life does not develop rightly without it, and what is called an 'improvident marriage' often appears to me a noble, righteous, and prudent act.