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The remark describes what he thought the novel The Old Man and the Sea would be about, and the emphasis falls on grace: composure that survives pressure rather than the absence of pressure. It is a useful counterweight to courage understood as sheer force.
Quotes that share a topic with this one.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we'll ever do.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
I dwell in Possibility— A fairer House than Prose— More numerous of Windows— Superior—for Doors—