Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
"It is hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal."
When I was One,So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.
Piglet took Pooh's arm, in case Pooh was frightened.
"You only blinched inside," said Pooh, "and that's the bravest way for a Very Small Animal not to blinch that there is."
I was (and am) a terrible conversationist but consider myself a good communicator.