"Bravery is a mean state concerned with things that inspire confidence and with things fearful ... and leading us to choose danger and to face it, either because to do so is noble, or because not to do so is base. But to court death as an escape from poverty, or from love, or from some grievous pain, is no proof of bravery, but rather of cowardice."

-- Aristotle

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“My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.”
“There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.”
“Anyone who writes is too precious to lose.”
“If youâ€™re decent to others, then youâ€™re decent to yourself.”
“Truth is life's most precious commodity.”
“Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love.”
“Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.”
“We thrive not when we've done it all, but when we still have more to do.”

Source : "How Do Our Near-Wins Motivate Us To Keep Going?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. July 18, 2014.

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