Samuel Adams
Politician
"The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance."
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Fortitude
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Erich Fromm
Psychologist, Philosopher
"FORTITUDE IS THE CAPACITY TO SAY NO WHEN THE WORLD WANTS TO HEAR 'YES'"
John Locke
Philosopher, Physician
"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Heaven is large, and affords space for all modes of love and fortitude."
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"Patience is so like fortitude that she seems either her sister or her daughter."
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"I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortunes."
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"Fortitude is the disposition of soul which enables us to despise all inconveniences and the loss of things not in our power."
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"Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason."
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"It takes unbelievable spiritual courage, moral fortitude, to engage in militant nonviolence."
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"An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up, but an evil friend fortitude mouthful your intellect."
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"Receptiveness is a rare and massive power, like fortitude."
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