The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. 685
You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming. 1.73K
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. 795
In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action. 943
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention. 669
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. 629
