"When danger is far off we may..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.
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“To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a Squeezer pen - that is true happiness.”
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days.”
“When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.”
More on Strength
“The person who is not strong enough gives up at the halfway point - but you are limiting yourself before even starting.”
“If a man were to place himself in an attitude to bear manfully the greatest evil that can be inflicted on him, he would find suddenly that there was no such evil to bear; his brave back would go a-begging.”
“Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.”
More on Danger
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“The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors; they are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating.”
“A half-educated physician is not valuable. He thinks he can cure everything.”