"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." ― Robert Green Ingersoll Topic(s): Courage More From Robert Green Ingersoll "Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so." "It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions." "Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers." More In Courage "Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage."― Confucius "My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn’t because I wanted to make simple music. It’s because I don’t really have the chops."― Norah Jones "Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people."― Dennis Prager