Tacitus Quotes

There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.

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• Alas, nothing reveals man the way war does. Nothing so accentuates in him the beauty and ugliness, the intelligence and foolishness, the brutishness and humanity, the courage and cowardice, the enigma.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • War
  • Humanity
  • Courage

• We went to dinner and healed the wounds, at least to a certain degree. But I hope he understands the hurt he did to me. He put the boot into a pal and I don't think you should do that.

  

  Ian St. John
  • Hope
  • Hurt
  • Dinner

• It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Political
  • Courage
  • Write

• You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • People
  • Hope
  • Moral

• I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • People
  • Hope
  • Crazy

• For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.

  

  T. R. Knight
  • Time
  • Hope
  • You

• Hope is not a matter of age.

  

  Abbe Pierre
  • Hope
  • Age
  • Matter

• Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Good
  • God
  • Men

• My own personal goal is I just hope to still write songs and kind of let that sustain me as a job. If I could never have a 9-to-5 job, and making a living doing this, it'd just be incredible.

  

  Oliver Sim The xx
  • Job
  • Hope
  • Goal

• Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

  

  Abraham Cowley
  • Hope
  • Cure
  • Cheap

• I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

  

  Edith Evans
  • Know
  • Courage
  • Acting

• I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Life
  • Family
  • Hope

• Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Courage
  • inspirational
  • More

• All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Road
  • Courage
  • inspirational

• Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Good
  • Hope
  • Acting

• I had two jobs coming out of school: I did a play, 'The Great White Hope.' I played the boxer Jack Johnson. And I was the lead in this indie film. Then I moved to Los Angeles because New York was cold and it was really too quiet for me at that time. I was out of school; I was hungry. The auditions were trickling in, and I was antsy and ready to go.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Time
  • Great
  • School

• There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.

  

  Daniel Ellsberg
  • People
  • Up
  • Courage

• While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Heart
  • May
  • Hope

• That's how I hope to die: on my deathbed, watching 'Real Housewives of the Moon.'

  

  Danielle Schneider
  • Real
  • Hope
  • Die

• I just sat all night looking at him, saying, 'Wow, it's incredible.' When Yoko woke up, I told her, 'He's fine,' and we cried.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Woke Up
  • Yoko

• Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.

  

  Marilyn Monroe
  • Fame
  • Experienced
  • Compensations

• Visualization is the human being's vehicle to the future - good, bad, or indifferent. It's strictly in our control.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Future

• There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.

  

  Tacitus
  • Hope
  • Courage
  • Brave