No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause. – John Mason Brown

One ought never to turn ones back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every man is his own chief enemy. – Anacharsis