~Valor~
"A brave person and a coward can look much the same when daily
life is going well, but when there are problems, the coward gives up.
The truly brave one prevails when put to the test in the storms of life."
In the reproof of chance
Lies the true proof of men. The sea being smooth,
How many shallow bauble boats dare sail
Upon her patient breast, making their way
With those of nobler bulk!
But let the ruffian Boreas once enrage
The gentle Thetis, and anon, behold
The strong-ribbed bark through liquid mountains cut,
Bounding between the two most elements
Like Perseus' horse. Where's then the saucy boat,
Whose weak untimber'd sides but even now
Co-rivall'd greatness? Either to harbor fled,
Or made a toast for Neptune. Even so
Doth valor's show and valor's worth, divide
In storms of fortune.
~William Shakespeare~
--from Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 3--
