Precept & Practice – FEBRUARY 12 – Courage

In regard to disagreeable and formidable things, prudence does not consist in evasion, or in flight, but in courage.   He who wishes to walk in the most peaceful parts of life with any serenity must screw himself up to resolution.   Let him front the object of his worst apprehension, and his stoutness will commonly make his fear groundless.

R. W. Emerson

Courage is adversity’s lamp. True courage fears nothing but sin.

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From the Introduction to Precept and Practice

The kindly welcome given to my other little books, ‘Being and Doing’ and ‘Character and Conduct,’ must be my excuse for adding another collection of extracts to the number now in circulation.

The quotations are gathered from the books of many earnest thinkers, and deal with Life in all its length and breadth, with ourselves, our characters, our plain unvarnished faults and weaknesses, our often untoward circumstances, and with all that drags us down;-  with our purposes, our religion, our love and friendships, and with all that uplifts us;-  with our relation to others, our influence and responsibilities, and finally with those stages of our journey which bring us to the Road’s Last Turn and to the Silent Land.

CONSTANCE  M. WHISHAW