Valor Christian Won

Famous quotes containing the words valor, christian and/or won:

    “A cold and searching wind drives away all contagion, and nothing can withstand it but what has a virtue in it, and accordingly, whatever we meet with in cold and bleak places, as the tops of mountains, we respect for a sort of sturdy innocence, a Puritan toughness. All things beside seem to be called in for shelter, and what stays out must be part of the original frame of the universe, and of such valor as God himself.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “It is hard for those who have never known persecution,
    And who have never known a Christian,
    To believe these tales of Christian persecution.
    It is hard for those who live near a Bank
    To doubt the security of their money.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)