#be

For whatever time I have to live, I intend to enjoy myself." - Midge Rylander in Eighteen Months To Live. ↗

— Rachele Baker

#cancer #courage #diary #hope #inspirational

He thought of the virtues of courage and forbearance, which become flabby when there is nothing to use them on. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#forbearance #virtue #courage

It's never too late to stop believing a lie," said Thomas. "You need only courage and friends, and you have both. ↗

— Patrick Carman

#courage #friends #lies #courage

Courage is instinct, and heroes are born in the moment. Trust yourself to be great, I do! ↗

— D.C. Akers

#courage-to-be-oneself #courageous #courage

How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, began screaming "Off with her head! Off with--" "Nonsense!" said Alice, very loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#to-get-the-best-of #business

Yea ! by your works are ye justified--toil unrelieved ; Manifold labours, co-ordinate each to the sending achieved ; Discipline, not of the feet but the soul, unremitting, unfeigned ; Tortures unholy by flame and by maiming, known, faced, and disdained ; Courage that suns Only foolhardiness ; even by these, are ye worthy of your guns. ↗

— Gilbert Frankau

#guns #soldiers #suffering #trenches #war

We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes Social Security for the next generation that is just entering the workforce. ↗

— John Thune

#ensure #entering #find #fixes #generation

Screw your courage to the sticking place and we will not fail. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#courage

Teach your children that a person is more valuable than any treasure found on this earth, teach them to love, teach them to sing, and dance, teach them to be courageous, and tell them they will be victorious on anything they put their heart and mind to, teach them honesty, and to never give up hope. ↗

— Martin Suarez

#courageous #dance #giving-up #hope #life-is-beautiful

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. ↗

— Plutarch

#cause #consists #courage #fear #just