#courage

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#defense #embraced #fire #heroes #honor

To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000 and potential earnings of as much as $150,000. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#earnings #encourage #lot #more #much

Genius is talent set on fire by courage. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#fire #genius #set #talent

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues. ↗

— Anatole France

#gives #good #life #owe #pity

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#any #behind #encourage #good #good action

When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#damage #disorder #encourage #encouraging #gained

To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#being #courage #first #greater #kisses

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#attainment #being #coercion #encouragement #forfeiture

We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#community #daily #effect #encourage #held

The budget acknowledges the importance of maintaining our ports and waterways to encourage commercial deep-draft navigation and economic competitiveness. ↗

— Jeff Landry

#commercial #competitiveness #economic #encourage #importance