The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

The Bible · Hebrews 13:6

The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil.

The Bible · Ecclesiasticus 13:25

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.

The Bible · Isaiah 65:17

Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil · From the Aeneid: audentes fortuna iuvat.

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you,—and full as much heart!

Charlotte Brontë · Jane to Rochester in the orchard at Thornfield when she believes he is to marry Blanche Ingram and she must leave him; it is this outburst that draws his proposal.

Alexander the Great remarked that the people of Asia were slaves because they had not learned to pronounce the word “No.” Let that not be the epitaph of the English-speaking peoples.

Winston Churchill · The source reads: “Alexander the Great remarked that the people of Asia were slaves because they had not learned to pronounce the word “No.” Let that not be the epitaph of the English-speaking peoples, or of Parliamentary democracy, or of France, or of the many surviving liberal States of Europe.” · Broadcast, London, 16 October 1938

The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.

Lord, is it I?

Fortune favors the brave.

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you,—and full as much heart!

Alexander the Great remarked that the people of Asia were slaves because they had not learned to pronounce the word “No.” Let that not be the epitaph of the English-speaking peoples.

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“The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.”

“The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil.”

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.”

“Lord, is it I?”

“Fortune favors the brave.”

“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you,—and full as much heart!”

“Alexander the Great remarked that the people of Asia were slaves because they had not learned to pronounce the word “No.” Let that not be the epitaph of the English-speaking peoples.”

We Value Your Opinion Comments

The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.

Lord, is it I?

Fortune favors the brave.

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you,—and full as much heart!

Alexander the Great remarked that the people of Asia were slaves because they had not learned to pronounce the word “No.” Let that not be the epitaph of the English-speaking peoples.