"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

Courage, Failure, Victory, Defeat, Poor

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"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

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"We can overcome the uncertainties in life with courage and hope."

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"When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear."

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"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain."

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"When you break rules, break 'em good and hard."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"A mighty storm is inconsequential when facing a mighty ship."

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"A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life."

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"You would be much amused with the animals round the ranch."

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"Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country."

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"The President and the Congress are all very well in their way. They can say what they think they think, but it rests with the Supreme Court to decide what they have really thought."

Politics

"It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object."

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"Indeed, it is a sign of marked political weakness in anycommonwealth if the people tend to be carried away by mere oratory, if theytend to value words in and for themselves, as divorced from the deeds for whichthey are supposed to stand. The phrase-maker, the phrase-monger, the readytalker, however great his power, whose speech does not make for courage,sobriety, and right understanding, is simply a noxious element in the bodypolitic, and it speaks ill for the public if he has influence over them. To admirethe gift of oratory without regard to the moral quality behind the gift is to dowrong to the republic."

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"The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books."

Happiness

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public."

Freedom

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."

Attitude

"Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt."

Behavior