“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. ”
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
“...for though she was ordinary, she possessed health, wit, courage, charm, and cheerfulness. But because she was not beautiful, no one ever seemed to notice these other qualities, which is so often the way of the world.”
“There is this quality, in things, of the right way seeming wrong at first.”
“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”
“A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.”