Courage and Strength

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than to advance.

The deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. J. R. R.

 

Die, but do not retreat.

I believe in one thing only, the power of the human will.

I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself. J. R. R.

 

For though I do not ask for aid, we need it. J. R. R.

 

With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter! J. R. R.

Every pursuit is great when greatly pursued.

Beat a man with the strength of your argument, not with the strength of your arm.

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

A glimpse is not a vision. But to a man on a mountain road by night, a glimpse of the next three feet of road may matter more than a vision of the horizon.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one’s liberty.

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

 

That which we are, we are;

 

My strength is as the strength of ten,

 

‘Forward, the Light Brigade!’

 

Half a league, half a league,

 

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;