Courage
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6.Patience, endurance and perseverance in adversity
6a.Patient suffering as the truest fortitude
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 408–409Disciples told to endure persecution and death with patience; not a hair shall perish.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 312–313Endure adversities manfully for the sake of eternal life.read · scan
- p. 316Be strong and brave in working and suffering things against one's nature.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 174Bors refuses to fight and kneels, humbled rather than resisting.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, Preface to the History of the WorldVol. 39
- p. 97A Christian should bear afflictions manlike and resolutely, not like whining soldiers.read · scan
Philip Massinger, A New Way to Pay Old DebtsVol. 47
- p. 924Margaret faces threats of death, torment and poverty with scornful patience.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 261True fortitude is patience and heroic martyrdom rather than fabled battles.read · scan
- p. 319Adam resolves to overcome evil by suffering and to bear chastening patiently.read · scan
- p. 342Suffering for truth's sake is fortitude leading to highest victory.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 359Job's constant perseverance is cited as overcoming malice; the Son's humiliation will overcome strength.read · scan
- p. 371Mary endures affliction with patience and does not repineread · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 415Chorus says wise books extol patience as truest fortitude, though it consoles little without divine comfort.read · scan
- p. 415Samson dreads no giant; Chorus says patience is saints' fortitude, victory over tyranny or fortune.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 253The servant endures blows and spitting without rebelling or being confounded.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 93–94The pilgrims bear abuse patiently.read · scan
- p. 95Christian and Faithful bear shame with meekness and patience, winning some to their side.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 347A man's strength is shown by his bearing; to do good and suffer ill is kingly.read · scan
Voltaire, Letters on the EnglishVol. 34
- p. 68Their pacifism is not fear; they do not shudder at death.read · scan
- p. 71Fox turns the other cheek and thanks his scourgers.read · scan
- p. 130–132Choice between suffering fortune's blows and taking arms against troubles.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, The Education of the Human RaceVol. 32
- p. 192–193Obeying despite despair of future recompense is called heroic obedience.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, English TraitsVol. 5
- p. 460No less valor than standing for non-resistance commands his respect; no man has been seen with such valor.read · scan
John Greenleaf Whittier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1347–1349Veteran soldier called coward; his true courage shown in meek non-resistance.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 100Sam endures the lashes silently while the narrator feels the impulse to resist but sees it futile.read · scan
Sidney Lanier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1395–1396Maclean endures the lashing and submits to humiliation for his child's sake.read · scan
6b.Enduring illness, pain, exile and misfortune
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 73–74He vows to endure with a patient heart even if a god wrecks him, having already suffered much.read · scan
- p. 101–102Laodamas notes the stranger's strength yet weariness from troubles and the sea, which confounds even the hardy.read · scan
- p. 181She bids him harden his heart and endure sorrow and men's insults.read · scan
- p. 222Odysseus bids Telemachus harden his heart and endure seeing his father mistreated.read · scan
- p. 233–234Odysseus, kicked and reviled, hardens his heart to endure rather than strike Melanthius.read · scan
- p. 234–235Odysseus, hardened by past perils of waves and war, accepts expected blows.read · scan
- p. 273–274He bids his heart endure, recalling the Cyclops' cave, and ponders one man against many.read · scan
- p. 323Odysseus in beggar's guise hardens his heart to endure insults in his own halls.read · scan
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 50–51A gentleman must face misery, which goads the vulgar to violence.read · scan
The Book of JobVol. 44
- p. 72Job bears calamity without sin.read · scan
- p. 72–73Job holds fast his integrity under affliction.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 89–90He urges Terentia to keep a dignified face while admitting he cannot encourage himself.read · scan
- p. 122–125Metellus praised for courage and firmness in exile; Cicero contrasts loyalists' courage in his restoration with their failure to defend him.read · scan
- p. 160–161He exhorts the exiled friend to keep his courage braced amid adversity.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 521–522Endurance of stripes, imprisonments, tumults and labors; dying yet living.read · scan
Plutarch, PericlesVol. 12
- p. 70–71Pericles patiently endures disgrace, satire and Cleon's attacks without being moved, keeping control of the city.read · scan
- p. 72Pericles does not shrink or lower his greatness of mind under misfortunes.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 131–132Be not more fearful than children; accept exile calmly.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 209Aristo bears illness, pain and thirst with patience.read · scan
- p. 273The girl showed patience and bravery in her last illness.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 167Lionel endures beating with thorns in silence; Bors is a heroic rescuer.read · scan
William Roper, The Life of Sir Thomas MoreVol. 36
- p. 114He bears prison cheerfully and pities Queen Anne's coming misery.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 218–220Unshaken by a broken leg, Cellini binds it and crawls on to the city, undismayed.read · scan
Ambroise Paré, Journeys in Diverse PlacesVol. 38
- p. 52–53Paré gives the patient courage and good hope despite privately doubting his recovery.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 60Quixote bears his bruises without complaint, as knights-errant should.read · scan
- p. 260Dorothea says only her courage to bear disaster patiently remains after fortune's blows.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 291Edgar urges free and patient thoughts; Gloucester resolves to endure affliction.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 744Bellario keeps her vow under threat of tortureread · scan
John Webster, The Duchess of MalfiVol. 47
- p. 809Antonio urges patience made into noble fortitude.read · scan
- p. 809Antonio says man is proved best when bruised, urging fortitude in adversity.read · scan
- p. 809–814Duchess armed against misery; Bosola reports her noble majesty in adversity.read · scan
John Milton, Poems Written During the Civil War and the Protectorate, 1642-1658Vol. 4
- p. 84–85Blind Milton bears up and steers right onward without abating heart or hope.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 71Cleopatra steels herself to bear fortune and the news of abandonment.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 313He bore illness with meekness, patience and Christian fortitude.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 211–212The king's feeling for others does not derogate from his fortitude; the queen bears captivity with serene patience and Roman dignity.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 403She gathers her courage and governs herself under humiliation.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 21–22Despite deception by fortune, the speaker bears a heart that will support him still.read · scan
- p. 30–32He asks for firm resolve to bear suffering.read · scan
- p. 35–37He meets misfortune with an undaunted mind.read · scan
William Wordsworth, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 606–608Poet welcomes fortitude and patient cheer in bearing suffering; the castle braves storm; hope in sorrow.read · scan
- p. 661–663The poet is shamed and steadied by the decrepit leech-gatherer's firm mind and perseverance amid hardship and dwindling leeches.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 493Men of firmer mould pass the days merrily rather than weep over what cannot be helped.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 61–62John accepts destruction for his master's sake and acts despite attendants' reproachread · scan
- p. 135The maiden resolves to free her brothers even at cost of her life, enduring silence and toil.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 347Beatrice urges the others to endure the rack silently and rebukes 'ignoble hearts'.read · scan
Thomas Carlyle, Sir Walter ScottVol. 25
- p. 406–407Scott invincible in difficulty, Samson-like, laughing at the whisper of fear.read · scan
- p. 425Scott faced his dethronement as a brave man, with composure and in silence.read · scan
- p. 448Scott met bankruptcy bravely, undertaking a Herculean task of paying debts by writing until his heart broke.read · scan
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, MontaigneVol. 32
- p. 117Montaigne draws consolation from the constancy and patience of peasants enduring plague and grief.read · scan
Hans Christian Andersen, TalesVol. 17
- p. 228The duckling endures freezing winter, hunger and terror, struggling to survive until spring.read · scan
- p. 274Eliza must endure burning nettles and silence for years to free her brothers; perseverance in suffering is demanded.read · scan
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 927–928Her dauntless, voiceless fortitude keeps her from revealing her heart's grief.read · scan
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1314–1315Evangeline stands strong in affliction, calm and not overcome with grief.read · scan
Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the BeagleVol. 29
- p. 227Matthews stays with the Fuegians with quiet fortitude.read · scan
- p. 286–287The runaway sailors endured fifteen months of suffering and wandering on a wild coast.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1047–1049He exhorts his poor heart of stone to have courage in bereavement.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 11–12He holds on with all his strength while reefing topsails despite illness.read · scan
- p. 345Dana endures two hours aloft at the pitching masthead despite growing sickness, keeping his place until the work is done.read · scan
6c.Perseverance in labor, travel and hazardous enterprise
See also: Exploration 5b
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 593–595Fifth perfection: like the lion, king of beasts, be ever alert and display courageous energy in every birth.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 207–210Aeneas declares no danger is new, inured to suffer and resolved to dare, and the Sibyl bids him oppose fortune all the more.read · scan
- p. 210The Sibyl bids Aeneas assume courage and unsheathe his sword to enter hell.read · scan
- p. 293Youthful ardor for a hazardous night venture through enemy lines.read · scan
- p. 293–300The young men volunteer for a perilous mission and are praised for souls void of fear.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 529Paul recounts stripes, shipwrecks, prisons, perils and hardship endured for Christ's ministry.read · scan
Plutarch, CaesarVol. 12
- p. 283The invasion of Britain is called the most famous testimony of Caesar's courage.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 333Antony endures famine, foul water and bark, an example to his soldiers.read · scan
- p. 356–358Antony admires Xenophon's Ten Thousand for a longer, harder retreat brought home safe.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 142–143Hercules' wanderings and labours exemplify heroic endurance in delivering the earth from lawlessness.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 35The prince, lured from his attendants, faces the ghuleh's lair with fear.read · scan
- p. 51The king boldly kills the slave and takes his place to trick the enchantress.read · scan
- p. 137He accepts the plan despite the penalty of death if discovered.read · scan
- p. 236Sindibad clings to a bowl and a branch through waves and exhaustion, driven by the sweetness of life.read · scan
- p. 244–245Sindbad emboldens himself to walk the serpent-filled valley and seeks a cave for safety.read · scan
- p. 286He presses on in darkness on the raft despite fear of perishing.read · scan
- p. 293Sindbad endures terror and hunger among the elephants, and returns changed by fright.read · scan
- p. 313–314The sheykh volunteers to climb the wall despite the deaths of the others.read · scan
- p. 428Ali Baba returns at night to the robbers' cave despite horror and omens.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 98Virgil exhorts Dante to vanquish weariness by the mind's effort, overcoming the body's weight.read · scan
- p. 98Dante claims to be stout and fearless to hide his weariness as he climbs.read · scan
Traditional BalladsVol. 40
- p. 110–112Raiders cross flooded river and storm, creep to castle walls, and Buccleuch first mounts the ladder to seize the watchman.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 24–26Cellini and Tasso urge each other to keep on toward Rome.read · scan
- p. 217Cellini threatens the jailers with desperate violence, indifferent to his own life, to guard his bed hiding his escape tools.read · scan
- p. 218He descends the great height and faces the sentinel despite toil, injury, and peril to his life.read · scan
- p. 223–224The Pope calls Cellini a brave fellow and his exploit marvellous.read · scan
- p. 284The King says a man scrupulous about a work's completion would never begin anything; great enterprises are not for people of little spirit.read · scan
Ambroise Paré, Journeys in Diverse PlacesVol. 38
- p. 24Paré slips by night through the enemy's fires into Metz, fearing capture and hanging, and wishing himself in Paris.read · scan
William Harrison, A Description of Elizabethan EnglandVol. 35
- p. 337Taking the eagle's nest requires a man let down in baskets against her killing talons.read · scan
Sir Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake RevivedVol. 33
- p. 190–191Drake endures six hours on a raft, soaked and burned by sun and salt, to reach the pinnaces.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 111–114Knights-errant face dangers and calamities and rise to kingdoms by valour of arm, like Amadis.read · scan
- p. 413The rowers refuse rest and keep to their oars, prepared to take any merchant vessel encountered.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of GuianaVol. 33
- p. 301–302Enumerates sorrows, labour, hunger, sickness and peril endured, refuting charges that he was too easeful to undertake the journey.read · scan
- p. 316Raleigh's men endure hardship in crowded, weak boats for the desire of discovery beyond reason.read · scan
- p. 335Berreo tries to dissuade Raleigh with warnings of miseries; Raleigh resolves to press on despite discouragement.read · scan
- p. 341The company endures grounding, heat, hunger and a fierce current, kept rowing by leaders' encouragement and false promises of near ending.read · scan
- p. 342Weakened and starving, the men are urged on by the argument that turning back means starvation and scorn of the world.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 108None of the devils dares volunteer for the perilous voyage through the Abyss; Satan alone rises to accept the danger.read · scan
- p. 129Satan presses on audaciously through the hazards of the Abyss.read · scan
- p. 129Satan presses on through the shock of warring elements with renewed alacrity, compared with Argo and Ulysses.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 272Though feeble, he resolves to run, walk or creep onward whatever brunts come.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among MankindVol. 34
- p. 206–207Discovering iron working would demand extraordinary courage and foresight.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 256News of Indian attacks tests his resolve to make the journey.read · scan
- p. 256–257He goes into perilous journey, willing to go alone rather than endanger his companion.read · scan
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsVol. 10
- p. 111–112Distant hazards that courage and address can overcome attract young people and do not raise wages.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 613–614Renzo bears the bad road and wet without impatience, consoled that each step advances him.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 108The girl journeys to the world's end and cuts off her finger to open the Glass mountain.read · scan
- p. 196The prince must endure nights of watching under threat of death.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, HeroismVol. 5
- p. 131Manful endeavor brought safely to its end is envied.read · scan
Hans Christian Andersen, TalesVol. 17
- p. 269–270Eliza resolves to be as unwearied as the waves, drawing perseverance from them.read · scan
- p. 271–272The brothers ask whether Eliza has courage to be carried over the sea, and she says yes.read · scan
- p. 359–360The king's son resolutely presses on through thorns and scratches, vowing to find the bell even at the world's end.read · scan
Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the BeagleVol. 29
- p. 114Darwin presses a fatiguing, risky climb alone in Indian country, hiding from possible Indians, then judges further hazard not worth it.read · scan
- p. 200Hardship of the ride through swamp, cold and sea; even iron-framed Gauchos were glad to arrive.read · scan
- p. 221Crew worn out, enduring peril of storm for twenty-four days.read · scan
- p. 297Indian who first cut through the forest was rewarded; people lost their lives crossing.read · scan
- p. 364Men endured a gale that cost fingers, toes and lives, and struggled to cling on their mules.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 986Bedivere strides through the icy crags, carrying the weight of the king.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1066–1067Riders and horse press on to the point of exhaustion to save Aix.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 196The narrator volunteers to descend the cliff by rope, judging himself between the strength and the lightness required.read · scan
- p. 196–197Narrator descends the sheer cliff by rope, then crew fights a rising gale to get boats and ship off the lee shore.read · scan
- p. 292Men face a violent squall on the yards in thin clothes, enduring cold and danger.read · scan
- p. 298Crew works aloft bare-handed in hail and ice through an anxious night, enduring extreme danger and hardship.read · scan
- p. 302Dana starts to dress to stand the dangerous night with the crew, though the mate forbids it.read · scan
- p. 303Crew endure an eighteen-hour watch in constant peril without leaving their stations.read · scan
- p. 317Men furl an ice-cased sail on a yard in a hurricane with bare hands, at risk of falling.read · scan
- p. 317Crew struggle nearly an hour and a half against freezing gale to furl the sail; sailor calls it man-killing.read · scan
Matthew Arnold, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1130–1132Strain on with stern lips through storm and losses.read · scan
Sir Archibald Geikie, Geographical EvolutionVol. 30
- p. 326Courage and endurance of travellers are still applauded but must be joined to powers of observation.read · scan
6d.Recovery after defeat and despair
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 90He urges his brother to rouse his energies for coming contests though he himself, once thought brave, cannot.read · scan
- p. 90–94Urges his brother to be as brave as the case allows.read · scan
- p. 163–164He urges bearing failure as well as success, since wars are uncertain, and supporting oneself with courage and bright hopes.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 77Aeneas urges the weary Trojans to endure and conquer, recalling past dangers, and resume courage.read · scan
- p. 77–80Aeneas urges endurance despite his own sorrow.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 268–269He endures despair and acts to survive.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 153–156Virgil urges Dante to be firm in hope.read · scan
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; The Nun's Priest's TaleVol. 40
- p. 43He recovers pride and looks like a grim lion.read · scan
Niccolò Machiavelli, The PrinceVol. 36
- p. 30His valour in extricating himself from difficulties and constancy against adverse fortune rival the greatest captains.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 375–376Abandoned by the Duke, Cellini takes new courage and banishes sad thoughts to press on with the work.read · scan
Sir Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake RevivedVol. 33
- p. 189–190Drake rallies the despairing company, proposing to venture out on a raft himself and volunteering others to follow.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 272He tells her to recover courage and hope, trusting God and his arm against giant and traitors.read · scan
Edward Haies, Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to NewfoundlandVol. 33
- p. 268–269Gilbert's mind is not dismayed by losses and he persists in his design.read · scan
- p. 291–292The crew lose courage after the disaster as weather worsens, cold increases and provisions run short.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 90Resolution from despair and hope to regather afflicted powers.read · scan
- p. 90Followers' hope revived by their leader's voice; they will resume new courage.read · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 415Samson recalls youthful courage and heroic acts before pride led to his fall.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 118Hopeful resolves to pluck up the heart of a man and be patient, hoping for release.read · scan
- p. 119–120Hopeful reminds Christian of his valor against Apollyon and at Vanity Fair, urging patience to avoid shame.read · scan
- p. 159Hopeful shows steadfastness, keeping his brother afloat and urging good cheer.read · scan
- p. 159–161Both pilgrims take courage after Christ's word and the Enemy falls still.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 29Ventidius urges Antony to live, fight and conquer with twelve legions instead of despairing and suicide.read · scan
- p. 29Antony's renewed heroic eagerness for battle is praised as godlike.read · scan
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsVol. 10
- p. 276Few who launch out too far have the courage to reform until ruin obliges them.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 348–349The rising sun inspires her bosom with courage amid the ruins.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 365–367Calls on Firm Resolve; he who does his utmost will do more.read · scan
William Wordsworth, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 612–614The celandine shrinks from cold but comes out again at the first sun.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 98Exhorts faith and courage rather than despair.read · scan
- p. 109Renzo urges Lucia to courage, and she answers 'Oh yes, courage!' in a tone belying her words.read · scan
- p. 113–114Agnese urges Lucia to courage, saying it is only like drawing a tooth.read · scan
- p. 276Terrified at his own terror, he forces his spirits to recover self-government.read · scan
- p. 563–564Renzo gathers his courage, telling himself not to play the child.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 79Hansel keeps hope and comforts his sister while lost, hungry and weary.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 295Lucretia urges Beatrice to have courage despite despair.read · scan
Thomas Carlyle, Inaugural Address at EdinburghVol. 25
- p. 386Bids students stand up to their work, not yield to sorrows or contradictions, and push on to the goal.read · scan
- p. 387–388Verse urges the brave to press on despite terror, doubt and misgiving.read · scan
Thomas Carlyle, Sir Walter ScottVol. 25
- p. 450–451He resolves to fight despondency as he would an enemy at his house.read · scan
George Long, The Philosophy of AntoninusVol. 2
- p. 323–324Amid war, pestilence and conspiracy Antoninus needed fortitude, and the bravest rise from depression by returning to first principles.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, CirclesVol. 5
- p. 152–153Valor is the power of self-recovery: preferring truth to one's past apprehension of it and accepting new truth.read · scan
- p. 158–159The conqueror finds difficulties easy; true triumph over misfortune is not forced cheerfulness.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, WorshipVol. 5
- p. 291Benedict says he is never beaten until he knows it; apparent defeats do not touch his inner strength.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1110Fighter who never turned back nor doubted; falls to rise, is baffled to fight better.read · scan
Arthur Hugh Clough, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1119–1121Urges perseverance in struggle, hope, and patient endurance even when progress is unseen.read · scan
Matthew Arnold, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1139Urges one hissed and out-talked to charge once more like better men before, and fall at the walls of folly.read · scan
Walter Bagehot, John MiltonVol. 28
- p. 168Milton did not fail in heart or hope after the destruction of all he had labored for.read · scan
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