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~ Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war ~ ~ Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts. ~ ~ It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. ~ ~ Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise, - His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies ~ ~ I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection ~ ~ A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. ~ ~ We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy. ~ ~ Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him ~ ~ Our cause, then, must be intrusted to, and conducted by, its own undoubted friends-those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work-who do care for the result. Two years ago the Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred thousand strong. We did this under the single impulse of resistance to a common danger, with every external circumstance against us. Of strange, discordant, and even, hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud, and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now?-now when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered, and belligerent? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail-if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come ~ ~ How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast , Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. ~ ~ When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood-- Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers
were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England's roast beef. ~ ~ What think you, if he were conveyed to bed, Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers, A most delicious banquet by his bed, And brave attendants near him when he wakes, Would not the beggar then forget himself? ~ ~ In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. ~ ~ Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really
is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ~ ~ The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity. ~ ~ I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies. ~ ~ A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer ~ ~ Sequoias, kings of their race, growing close together like grass in a meadow, poised their brave domes and spires in the sky three hundred feet above the ferns and lilies that enameled the ground; towering serene through the long centuries, preaching God's forestry fresh from heaven ~ ~ How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! ~ ~ Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. ~ ~ Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave. ~ ~ From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. ~ ~ I have done one brave thing - Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring - Which is to keep that hid ~ ~ It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. ~ ~ An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward. ~ ~ Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to face many a danger, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle. ~ ~ Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. ~ ~ Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers. ~ ~ Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. ~ ~ In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. ~ |
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