These men didn't bow. Their words still roar.
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."C.S. Lewis
"A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."Martin Luther King Jr.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."Theodore Roosevelt
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."Martin Luther King Jr.
"Duty is ours; results are God's."Stonewall Jackson
"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times."G. Michael Hopf
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."Joshua 1:9
"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."Martin Luther King Jr.
"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others."Jack Welch
"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself."Plato
"He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader."Aristotle
"You manage things; you lead people."Admiral Grace Hopper
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."John C. Maxwell
"Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love."1 Corinthians 16:13-14
"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things."1 Corinthians 13:11
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another."Proverbs 27:17
"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong."1 Corinthians 16:13
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."Ephesians 5:25
"The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion."Proverbs 28:1
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."John F. Kennedy
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."Edmund Burke
"Vision without execution is hallucination."Thomas Edison
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."Theodore Roosevelt
"Well done is better than well said."Benjamin Franklin
"A man with God is always in the majority."John Knox
"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself."Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."William Shakespeare
"You can always tell who the strong men are. They are the ones who are building up others, not tearing them down."A.W. Tozer
"The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us."C.S. Lewis
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."C.S. Lewis
"Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me."Martin Luther
"The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."Theodore Hesburgh
"Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father."Barack Obama
"A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father."Frank Abagnale
"The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them."Confucius
"Behind every great man is not a woman, she is beside him, she is with him, not behind him."Tariq Ramadan
"What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity."Jean Paul Richter
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."Abraham Lincoln
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened."Helen Keller
"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching."John Wooden
"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."Marcus Aurelius
"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."Confucius
"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."George Washington
"A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of sheep."George R.R. Martin