I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.
Interpretation
True bravery involves facing fears repeatedly, not the absence of fear.
This quote by Leo Rosten challenges the traditional notion of bravery by suggesting that true courage is not about having no fear, but rather about facing it continuously. The brave person endures emotional and psychological struggles, embodying the idea that courage is a continual process where one confronts fears rather than merely avoiding them, while those who seem fearless may simply lack understanding of what it means to be truly brave.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming personal fears.
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
The fellow who laughs last may laugh best, but he gets the reputation of being very slow-witted.
Words sing. They hurt. They teach. They sanctify. They were man's first, immeasurable feat of magic. They liberated us from ignorance and our barbarous past.
The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make a difference that you lived at all-using the talents that God has given you for the betterment of others.
Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
I died on that mountain, too. I left a part of myself up there.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
I may have absolutely no control over what happens to us, but we can control how we respond. If we choose the right attitude, we can rise above whatever challenges we face.
Will be a divine fight, a holy war...Armageddon on a miniature scale.
A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago - there's no such thing as a former Marine. You're a Marine, just in a different uniform and you're in a different phase of your life. But you'll always be a Marine because you went to Parris Island, San Diego or the hills of Quantico. There's no such thing as a former Marine.
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