Seneca the Younger Quotes

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Most men, I think, wonder about their courage. How would they act in combat? Under torture?

Battle... brings out all that is best.

Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to show what kind of a character you're telling a story about.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.