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# Attitude and Fortitude
- URL: https://www.spiritualperspectives.org/attitude-and-fortitude/
- Published: 2011-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Author: Gary W. Summers
- Tags: Articles, #Import 2026-07-23 22:02

> Courage isn't a brilliant dash,  
> A daring deed in a moment's flash;  
> It isn't an instantaneous thing  
> Born of despair with a sudden spring.  
> But it's something deep in the soul of man  
> That is working always to serve some plan.

—Edgar A. Guest

> It takes two things to blow down a tree:  
> A heavy wind outside  
> And rot and decay inside.  
> So it is with man.  
> The winds of adversity may cause him to bend,  
> But if he's strong and vigorous within,  
> He will rise and grow to new heights  
> After the storm passes.

—copied

> It's easy enough to be pleasant  
> When everything goes like a song;  
> But the man worthwhile  
> Is the man who can smile  
> When everything's going dead wrong.