“The first blow is half the battle.”
Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act II
“Courage in danger is half the battle.”
Pseudolus, Act I, scene 5, line 37
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Roman comic playwright of the Old Latin period -254–-184 BCRelated quotes
“Knowing that you possess a talent is half the battle in mastering it.”
Lin Carter (1930–1988) American fantasy writer, editor, critic
Source: Time War (1974), Chapter 12, “The Metal Brain” (p. 128)
“You get him out and half the battle is won.”
Arjuna Ranatunga (1963) Sri Lankan cricketer
Arjuna Ranatunga on Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Sachin Tendulkar: Quotable quotes on the batting legend http://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/20131112/ARTICLE/311129977/1051.
Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966) American poet
Source: Last and Lost Poems
“True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid…”
L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Context: There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
“Just knowing that such states exist, that is, having symbols for them, is half the battle.”
Marvin Minsky (1927–2016) American cognitive scientist
Music, Mind, and Meaning (1981)
Context: Innate sentic detectors could help by teaching children about their own affective states. For if distinct signals arouse specific states, the child can associate those signals with those states. Just knowing that such states exist, that is, having symbols for them, is half the battle.
