More From Georg Brandes
- "But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life – namely, Beauty."
- "Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none of whom were known to those at home, and the other hours of the twenty-four I spent at home, or with relatives of the people at home, none of whom were known to anybody at school."
- "I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself."
More In Courage
- "It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things."― Theodore Roosevelt
- "If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults."― Brian Baird
- "To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction – and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by."― Stephen Baker