"A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Courage Tags: courage, great More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them." "Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." "Great geniuses have the shortest biographies." More In Courage "The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can’t limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it."― Dean Smith "We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot."― Eleanor Roosevelt "The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me."― Thomas Huxley