It was the high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.” 1.79K
Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot learn men from books. 643
Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit. 641
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwelath last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.” 754
We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. 733
