More Quotes
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don’t have the strength. ― Napoleon Bonaparte
In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them. -Alexis de Tocqueville
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. -Alexis de Tocqueville
In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end. -Alexis de Tocqueville
Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. - Alexis de Tocqueville
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. —Winston Churchill
The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing. - Alexis de Tocqueville
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. — Ralph Washington Sockman