"Hence we will not say that Greeks..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.
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“Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them.”
“There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.”
“The whole of northern Norway was covered with snow to depths which none of our soldiers had ever seen, felt, or imagined. There were neither snow-shoes nor skis - still less skiers. We must do our best. Thus began this ramshackle campaign.”
More on Heroes
“As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is.”
“The student may read Homer or Ãâ schylus in the Greek without danger of dissipation or luxuriousness, for it implies that hein some measure emulate their heroes, and consecrate morning hours to their pages.”
“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.”
More on Courage
“A healthy-minded boy should feel hearty contempt for the coward and even more hearty indignation for the boy who bullies girls or small boys, or tortures animals.”
“If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.”
“When my grandmother died, I realized that even if I had millions of dollars, I couldn't find her anywhere on earth. My next thought was that I would die. I looked at my life and thought, "I'm afraid to die." I concluded that whether I was afraid or not, I would die. It was one of the most important crossroads in my life, once I realized that no matter what, I would do this thing, the next step was to think, "If I am going to do the most difficult and frightening thing - dying - is it possible that I could do some difficult and impossible things that are good?"”