#fortitude

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place. ↗

— John Buchan

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The funny thing about an impossibility is that it tends to be a magnet for those who would prove it otherwise. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#dreams #fortitude #goals #impossible #inspirational

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.] ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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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 stands. This can only be by his preferring truth to his past apprehension of truth; and his alert acceptance of it, from whatever quarter; the intrepid conviction that his laws, his relations to society, his Christianity, his world may at any time be superseded and decease. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Winning requires reaching inside of yourself for that extra gear to accelerate challenges. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#leadership #overcoming #leadership

I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful. I'll pray, and then I'll sleep. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#brave #courage #fortitude #god #grace

It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#brave #courage #fortitude #grace #inspirational

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#beautiful #conduct #courage #deal #discipline

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#beauty #character #conduct #contributes #courage