"To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy." ― Henri Frederic Amiel Topic(s): Courage More From Henri Frederic Amiel "Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven." "Society lives by faith, and develops by science." "Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart." More In Courage "Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."― Jenny Shipley "A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten."― John F. Kennedy "What’s going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We’re getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you’re in charge."― Lindsey Graham