Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word. Consider the flea! Educational Review - Página 178editado por - 1926Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Paul M. Zall - 1985 - 236 páginas
...die"— a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live. Ch. 10, p. 121. 157. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear— not absence of fear. . . . When we speak of [Robert] Clive, [Horatio] Nelson, and [Israel] Putnam as men who "didn't know... | |
| Carol Smallwood - 1990 - 200 páginas
...city. .15. Devils Postpile National Monument has 40- to 60-foot columns made out of this. .16. Wrote, "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear— not absence of fear." 17. The word "against" in Italian. .18. One of the astronauts killed January 27, 1967, by a fire aboard... | |
| Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - 1992 - 552 páginas
...Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. — CS Lewis Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear. — Mark Twain The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought. — Euripides... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 páginas
...by the hands of cowards. TACITUS c. 55-C. 1 20). Roman historian. The Histories, bk. A. set. 29. 21 an oft loses both itself and friend. And borrowing...husbandry. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616), English it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! — incomparably the... | |
| Bob Phillips - 1993 - 372 páginas
...cowardice. Miguel de Cervantes Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. Vittorio Lafieri Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear. Mark Twain Faint heart never won fair lady. The test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart... | |
| Mark Twain, Brian Collins - 1996 - 196 páginas
...only essential thing. Joan of Arc, bk. 2, ch. 11, p. 140. Harper & Brothers, 1896. Written in 1896. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear —...creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! — incomparably the... | |
| Jacqueline Sweeney - 1997 - 68 páginas
...afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared." — Eddie Rickenbacker (Fighter pilot) "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." — Mark Twain (American author and humorist) Think carefully about each quotation. Do you agree that... | |
| Dennis Wholey - 1998 - 308 páginas
...than all movement is necessarily forward: but change is endemic; it is a way of life. — Jack Valenti Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear. — MARK TWAIN When I used to think of courage, I most often thought of the physically heroic action... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 páginas
...the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of paradise. 11942 Anger raiseth 11943 The Creator made Italy with designs by Michelangelo. 1 1944 A Curious Dream 'Facts concerning...'... | |
| Joan Larkin - 1998 - 402 páginas
...is a delight to our Higher Power. Today, l claim part of myself that l have rejected. ^Es Augusi28 Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear— not absence of fear. MARK TWAlN The words courage and daring mean different things to each of us. For some of us, coming... | |
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