Quidquid fit cum virtute, fit cum gloria.
(Publilius Syrus, Sententia 538)

Whatever is done with courage is also done with glory.

(pron = KWIDkwid fit koom weer-TOO-teh fit koom GLOH-ree-ah)

Comment: Whether we are speaking of ancient Rome or the modern world, “glory” is
a fairly public acclamation for heroes, or for people famous for what the public
wants to see more of.

This proverb is making another point: the stuff of glory is courage, really.
Courage comes first. Most courageous people don’t self-identify as courageous,
largely I think because while they were working out their actions that are later
deemed courageous, they were feeling scared. According to this proverb, even
though the public may never have acclaimed them, they also acted in
glory—deserving of public fame and acclamation.

I think now of children who walk into a new school and face hundreds or
thousands of strange new faces—because parents have moved them to a new city.

I think now of men and women and children who sit for the chemo treatment one
more time, knowing how sick it will make them for a while.

I think of the fear in the faces of some of my students when classroom work
turns entirely into Latin—no English allowed, and then I think of the many
immigrants who have moved to my community and who go out into the world every
day with ONLY English to work with.

Courage. Actions done in courage and feeling the fear. Silent awards of
personal glory. Look around today. Where is courage at work? Can you see the
silent glory?