Able Quote by Philip Sidney

“Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Valor is the contempt of death and pain.

— Tacitus

Valor is abased by too much loftiness.

— Philip Sidney

Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity,…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.

— Plutarch

“Despair is not for the living but for those unable to rise and continue; they are the only souls with a right to it.…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a…

— Graham Greene

What makes a hero truly great is that they never despair.

— Roy Thompson

I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction.

— Emile Zola

Despair exaggerates not only our misery but also our weakness.

— Luc de Clapiers

There is nothing that will add depth to despair like the feeling of deserving it

— David Levithan