The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Courage Quotes, Testing Quotes

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who...

The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who...

Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword...

Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword...

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful...

Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful...

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

I believe in God... just in case. It's like there's some list somewhere and you...

I believe in God... just in case. It's like there's some list somewhere and you...

Atheism as 'belief in science, logic, and reality' is okay. Atheism as 'vocal disbelief of...

Atheism as 'belief in science, logic, and reality' is okay. Atheism as 'vocal disbelief of...

All the gods are dead except the god of war

All the gods are dead except the god of war

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism