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For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

An armed disciplined body is, in its essence, dangerous to liberty; undisciplined, it is ruinous to society.

During this night journey I put myself both in feeling and in fact in a blind man's place—the best lesson I ever had to develop deliberation and keenness of touch.

In my opinion no man has had a more profitable difficulty than you have had, if you choose to make use of it as an athlete would deal with a young antagonist.

It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.

Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man.

Wretch, you are carrying about a god with you, and you know it not.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

The outlook was cheerless indeed, but much work had to be done and we could not yield to the desire to remain in the sleeping-bags.

The task now was to secure the safety of the party, and to that I must bend my energies and mental power and apply every bit of knowledge that experience of the Antarctic had given me.

The task of keeping the galley fire alight was both difficult and strenuous, and it took his thoughts away from the chances of immediate dissolution.

There are some men who will do more than their share of work and who will attempt more than they are physically able to accomplish.

Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression.

It is as impossible in a book to teach a person in charge of sick how to manage, as it is to teach her how to nurse.

Fear is only inverted faith; it is faith in evil instead of good.

If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for.

Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business: what first? boldness; what second and third? boldness.

Those that have joined with their honor great travels, cares, or perils, are less subject to envy.

Nearly all of us recognize that as intricacies of human relationships increase, so power to govern them also must increase--power to stop evil; power to do good.

The hardships and dangers involved in the struggle give strength and toughness to the character, and enable it to stand firm in storm as well as in sunshine.

At times we were almost disposed to give up, and try to content ourselves with our wretched lot; at others, we were firm and unbending in our determination to go.

The responsibility of success or failure lay heavily upon me.

The strength of our determination was about to be fully tested.

One must not avoid one's tests, although they constitute perhaps the most dangerous game one can play, and are in the end tests made only before ourselves and before no other judge.

One must subject oneself to one's own tests that one is destined for independence and command, and do so at the right time.