"The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man." ― Van Wyck Brooks Topic(s): Courage More From Van Wyck Brooks "Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere." More In Courage "There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake."― Orison Swett Marden "Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard."― John Steinbeck "It requires more courage to suffer than to die."― Napoleon Bonaparte