I have fought: that is much. Victory is in the hands of fate. Be that as it may with me, this at least future
Giordano Bruno
Tag: Conviction
William Faulkner
I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where
Johann Lavater
Firmness founded upon principle, upon truth and right, order and law,duty and generosity,is the obstinacy of sages.
Johann von Goethe
Until one is committed, there is always hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is
Immanuel Kant
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more seriously reflection concentrates upon them:
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves.
Thomas Paine
Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles
Thomas Jefferson
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Louis Nizer
True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.
David Starr Jordan
The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.