Courage is the fire that burns in the cold,dark room of fear and doubt that we live in.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Courage Quotes

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get...

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get...

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Economized love is never real love

Economized love is never real love

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the...

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the...

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his...

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his...

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

True happiness brings more richness than all the money in the world.

True happiness brings more richness than all the money in the world.

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to...