Quotes about Fortitude
You do not beg the sun for mercy. -Maud'dib's Travail from The Stilgar Commentary
— Frank Herbert
I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once.
— Frank Herbert
May thy knife chip and shatter.
— Frank Herbert
If you stay high in the storm you'll survive.
— Frank Herbert
Stay angry, little Meg," Mrs Whatsit whispered. "You will need all your anger now.
— Madeleine L'Engle
On a planet that has given in... you must prepare to be very strong.
— Madeleine L'Engle
But as she had felt she was beyond fear, so now she was beyond screaming.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Stand up.Stand out.Stand firm.Stand strong.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
— Samuel Johnson
Although the wicked rise up against us with violence, let us be of a bronze countenance, as Ezekiel says (3:8 f.). Let
— John Calvin
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
— John Donne
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
— Epictetus