You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Rejected by mankind, the condemned do not go so far as to reject it in turn. Their faith in history remains unshaken, and one may well wonder why. They do not despair. The proof: they persist in surviving not only to survive, but to testify.The victims elect to become witnesses.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

There are only two philosophies of life: one is first the feast, then the headache; the other is first the fast and then the feast. Deferred joys purchased by sacrifice are always sweetest and most enduring.

It takes eternity to make a man despair.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Things happen when they're supposed to happen.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

Stupidity is expecting figs in winter, or children in old age.