Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
356
AUTHOR:
Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
QUOTATION:
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ’Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
ATTRIBUTION:
THOMAS PAINE, “The Crisis,” no. 1, The Writings of Thomas Paine, ed. Moncure D. Conway, vol. 1, p. 176 (1894).
