Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove ones self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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