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Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in wh

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains – Napoleon Bonaparte

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To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self. – Charles Horton Cooley

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I am convinced that a light supper, a good nights sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward. – Lord Chesterfield

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Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion. – Calvin Coolidge

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others, at whatever cost. – Arthur Ashe

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