Bravery Quote by E.M. Forster Download Open image ““The past is devoid of meaning like the present, and a refuge for cowards.”” — E.M. Forster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bravery Cowardice Longing Maurice Past Refuge Time
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“The past has no belongings. The past does not obligingly absorb what is not wanted.” — William Trevor Copy Share Image
“Disregard for the past will never do us any good. Without it we cannot know truly who we are.” — Syd Moore Copy Share Image
“Cowardly isn’t a dereliction of duty, but rather a part of our humanity. However, only the brave ones are known for their humanity.” — Melody Manful Copy Share Image
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“It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
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“Those who are unwilling to confront the past will be unable to understand the present and unfit to face the future.” — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
“The memory of war was fading into the past as a nightmare vanishes with the dawn; soon it would lie outside the experience of… — Arthur C Clarke Copy Share Image
“It is true that only a coward can be brave, as a man who feels no fear has conquered nothing.” — Conn & David Iggulden Copy Share Image
“She gave up trying to understand herself, and the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain, and march… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“They had tried to reproduce their own attitude to life upon the stage, and to dress up as the middle-class English people they actually… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“I believe in aristocracy, though -- if that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an aristocracy of power,… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Oh, what's the use of your fairmindedness if you never decide for yourself? Anyone gets hold of you and makes you do what they… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“You mean that a Frenchman could share with a friend and yet not go to prison?’ ‘Share? Do you mean unite? If both are… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Margaret realized the chaotic nature of our daily life, and its difference from the orderly sequence that has been fabricated by historians. Actual life… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“He had said it bravely, and that is why one can trust Beethoven when he says other things.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“He whispered: ‘Is it this? Is this possible? I’ll put a marvel to you. That your cousin has always hoped. That from the very… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Perhaps anything that he did would have pleased Lucy, but his awkwardness went straight to her heart.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Because a thing is going strong now, it need not go strong for ever,' she said. 'This craze for motion has only set in… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“England was alive, throbbing through all her estuaries, crying for joy through the mouths of all her gulls, and the north wind, with contrary… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
Not everyone is capable of madness; and of those lucky enough to be capable, not many have the courage for it. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
There are those that say, if you do the uncomfortable thing long enough, it will become comfortable. But we are really not encouragers of… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Courage is the skill of being the only one who knows your scared to death — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Fearing our confrontations is one thing... facing them unarmed is a completely different matter.” — Mark W. Boyer Copy Share Image
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire more than anything.” — Stephanie Garber Copy Share Image
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All the world's bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries. — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
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