Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
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Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.
Life is to be entered upon with courage.
Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
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