We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Sir Winston Churchill, BBC radio broadcast, Feb 9, 1941
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham Lincoln
I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones."
The Doctor, in John Peel's "Timewyrm: Genesys"
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
Isaac Asimov
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Oscar Wilde, An Ideal husband, 1893
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost
A little I'm hurt, but yet not slayne. I'll but lye down and bleed awhile, and then I'll rise and fight again.
Sir Andrew Barton