Courage

Act as if you are infinite in power and demand and you will become so.

We must resolve our doubts. We must make a single decision in spite of the doubts.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

A man can do all things if he will.

Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it.

Adopt your own philosophy, and stick to it at all times.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

I carry a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other: with these things I am going to set fire to Heaven and put out the flames of Hell, so that voyagers to God can rip the veils and see the real goal.

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

The lion is most handsome when looking for food.

Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

The only way to deal with fear is to face it head on.

First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Don’t let other people tell your story. Don’t let other people decide what you can and can’t do.