But don't worry too much about it, we shall not fail, but what I tell you is true - from the moment that I send this letter off till I get your answer, which I hope, however, will cross mine, I shall be without a cent, and it will mean fasting again. Well, let's hope we shall be together soon, and that the worst will be over.

Personally I believe that the adversities one meets with in the ordinary course of life do us as much good as harm. The very complaint that makes one ill today, overwhelming one with discouragement, that same thing - once the disease has passed off - gives us the energy to get up and to want to be completely recovered tomorrow.

As long as I try, there's always a chance of getting up. It's not the end until you give up.

I always liked to chase the girls. Parkinson's stops all that. Now I might have a chance to go to heaven.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.

Courage would be impossible in a world without pain.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

I've always been impressed that we are here, surviving, because of the indomitable courage of quite small people against impossible odds.

Real courage embraces the twin realities of current difficulty and ultimate triumph.