"Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it…" — Ruth Gordon
"Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use."
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28 Quotes by Ruth Gordon
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A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life.
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In our family we don't divorce our men - we bury them.
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The good that men do lives after them.
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My body is on the earth, but my head is in the stars.
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The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.
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Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then youre bound to live life fully.
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So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?
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Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these…
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If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown…
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You have to have a talent for having talent.
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The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them…
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I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are this, yet allow themselves to be treated…
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it…
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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Action is the antidote to despair.
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