"The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully." ― Thomas Carlyle Topic(s): Anger Tags: courage, desire More From Thomas Carlyle "Oh, give us the man who sings at his work." "Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius." "War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle." More In Anger "I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason."― Elie Wiesel "I liked math – that was my favorite subject – and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science."― Sally Ride "The world in general doesn’t know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger."― W. Somerset Maugham