"One brave deed makes no hero." — John Greenleaf Whittier

"One brave deed makes no hero."

— John Greenleaf Whittier

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139 Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier has 139 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly…
The laws of changeless justice bind oppressor and oppressed; and, close as sin and suffering joined we march to fate…
He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise,…
We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and…
Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And…
God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late, They touch the shining hills of day; The evil cannot brook delay,…
I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His…
God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over…
And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare…
The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt…
So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!

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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate… — Aristotle
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. — Aristotle
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death,… — Aristotle
I'm not funny. What I am is brave. — Lucille Ball
You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave. — Clive Barker
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. — Georges Bernanos
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. — Aesop
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
There's something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks… — Julie Burchill
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. — Alan Alda
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected. — Julius Caesar

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