It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
Interpretation
Good people should strive to perform noble actions, even at the risk of losing everything.
This quote by Plutarch emphasizes the virtue of courage and the importance of acting nobly despite potential risks. It suggests that true character is demonstrated through selfless acts, where the intrinsic value of doing what is right outweighs the fear of personal loss or failure.
In practice
In a speech about ethics and values, one could say, 'It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.'
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Come back with your shield - or on it
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I have been on blind dates better than that.
I realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put their selves in harm's way for my freedom of speech and my freedoms in this country, and my freedom to take a seat or take a knee, so I have the utmost respect for them, and I think what I did was taken out of context and spun a different way.
That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.
There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.
When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?
To survive, you've got to keep wheedling your way. You can't just sit there and fight against odds when it's not going to work. You have to turn a corner, dig a hole, go through a tunnel - and find a way to keep moving.
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