This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Coventry Patmore, fully Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light.
Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on.
No man can answer for his courage if he has never been in peril.
Dwight Eisenhower, fully Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
You must not retain for one instant any man in a responsible position where you have become doubtful of his ability to do the job… This matter frequently calls for more courage than any other thing you will have to do, but I expect you to be perfectly cold-blooded about it.
Dwight Eisenhower, fully Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
This is what I found out about religion. It gives you courage to make the decisions you must make in a crisis, and then the confidence to leave the result to Higher Power. Only by trust in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
The only service a friend can render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
Frederick II, `Frederick the Great’ NULL
Prudence is very inclined to preserve what one possesses, but courage alone knows how to acquire.
Wealth lost, something lost; honor lost, much lost; courage lost, all lost.
Let me but live from year to year, with forward face and unreluctant soul; not hurrying to, nor turning from, the goal; not mourning for the things that disappear in the dim past, nor holding back in fear from what the future veils; but with a whole and happy heart, that pays its toll to Youth and Age, and travels with cheer. So let the way wind up the hill or down o’er rough and smooth, the journey will be joy: still seeking what I sought when but a boy, new friendship, high adventure, and a crown, my heart will keep the courage of the quest, and hope the road’s last turn will be the best.
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