Bottles Quote by Samuel Johnson

“Refuge from despair is often found in the passion of self-pity and that spirit of obstinate resistance which it engenders.”

— George Gissing

“Courage is where you find it. Bravery that comes from a bottle-- or from book or from a sermon-- lacks the full strength and…

— Tom Robbins

“Courage, however, may also be explained as a readiness to meet ills that threaten at the moment, in order to avoid greater ills that…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“When we are tempted to give in to despair, to give up to self-indulgence or apathy, we have a place of refuge that will…

— Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

From the true antagonist illimitable courage is transmitted to you. To what indifference people may come, to what profound conviction of having lost the…

— Franz Kafka

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

— Rollo May

“there is both fear and comfort to be drawn from devils--the fear speaks for itself, the comfort comes from being able to absolve oneself…

— Iain Banks

Discontent is the seed of ethics

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

— Plutarch

“Courage is not the absence of fear or despair; it is the capacity to continue on despite them, no matter how great or overwhelming…

— Robert Fanney

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not…

— Nelson Mandela

“What we call cowardice is often just another name for being taken by surprise, and courage is seldom any better than simply being well…

— Gregory David Roberts