Quote by Thomas Hardy
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. -

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. – Thomas Hardy

Other quotes by Thomas Hardy

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. – Thomas Hardy

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Success
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I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on, projecting trait and trace through time to times anon, and leaping from place to place over oblivion. – Thomas Hardy

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Face, Faces
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I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. – Thomas Hardy

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Death
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Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and thats it. Youre going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage thats deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way. – Andrew Shue

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To create ones world in any of the arts takes courage. – Georgia OKeeffe

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Courage

I know that if Id had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldnt have got anywhere. You dont take exams for acting, you take your courage. – Dame Edith Evans

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Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. – Thomas Merton

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They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice. – Donald OConnor

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I think theres a tremendous split between people whove been through a war and people who havent. – Antonia Fraser

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Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets. – W. Somerset Maugham

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On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries. – Frederick Soddy

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