No influence is so powerful ...

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.
No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.
 Sarah Josepha Hale

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
I'm pretty conservative when it comes to money. My parents were very working class and constantly working. There was always a very strong work ethic and that's put a more conservative, "save for a rainy day" mentality into me.
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving for individualism is now much stronger. It's not as taboo anymore, as it was when I was younger.
 Nicolas Winding Refn
The overall similarity is probably in the mentality of law enforcement officers. There's a sense of wanting to really uphold a sense of morality and make sure that the laws are enforced to the letter, whenever possible.
 Benjamin McKenzie
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Quotes from the same author

Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington.
 Sarah Josepha Hale
There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of the schoolmaster.
 Sarah Josepha Hale
many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great.
 Sarah Josepha Hale
There is hardly a more heart-thrilling pleasure enjoyed by mortals, than that which parents feel when seeing their child first being able to 'catch knowledge of objects.
 Sarah Josepha Hale
Next to genius is the power of feeling where true genius lies.
 Sarah Josepha Hale