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The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.
Napoleon1769–1821Statement at Montereau (17 February 1814)
- Courage
- Life & Death
A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.
Napoleon1769–1821Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
- Courage
It is not that addresses at the opening of a battle make the soldiers brave. The old veterans scarcely hear them, and recruits forget them at the first boom of the cannon.
Napoleon1769–1821Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916)
- Courage
- War & Peace
Freedom and power bring responsibility.
Jawaharlal Nehru1889–1964A Tryst With Destiny (1947)
- Freedom
- Responsibility
The world of today has achieved much, but for all its declared love for humanity, it has based itself far more on hatred and violence than on the virtues that make one human.
Jawaharlal Nehru1889–1964The Discovery of India (1946)
- Good & Evil
Ultimately what we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
Jawaharlal Nehru1889–1964Parliamentary Debates [Parliament of India] Pt.2 V.12-13 (1951)
- Character
And it’s not for the sake of a ribboned coat,
Or the selfish hope of a season’s fame,
But his Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote⁠—
“Play up! play up! and play the game!”
Henry Newbolt1862–1938Vitaï Lampada (1897)In context
- Honor
- Sports
There’s a breathless hush in the Close to-night⁠—
Ten to make and the match to win⁠—
A bumping pitch and a blinding light,
An hour to play and the last man in.
Henry Newbolt1862–1938Vitaï Lampada (1897)In context
- Courage
- Sports
“Play up! play up! and play the game!”
Henry Newbolt1862–1938Vitaï Lampada (1897)In context
- Honor
- Sports
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain.
John Henry Newman1801–1890The Idea of a University (1873), Discourse VIII, pt. 10.
- Character
I don’t think that there’s anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It’s the other attitude that confuses me.
Paul Newman1925–2008When asked “Is charity your responsibility as a celebrity?” in “Paul Newman’s Road To Glory” interview with Paul Fischer, Film Monthly (1 July 2002)
- Charity
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.
Reinhold Niebuhr1892–1971The Irony of American History (1952), p. 63
- Forgiveness
Reason is not the sole basis of moral virtue in man. His social impulses are more deeply rooted than his rational life.
Reinhold Niebuhr1892–1971Moral Man and Immoral Society (1932), p.26
- Morality
A very popular error: having the courage of one’s convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one’s convictions.
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900
- Courage
What does not kill me, makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900Twilight of the Idols (1889), “Maxims and Arrows,” § 1.8
- Courage