Have the courage to be the person you know you are.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.

No man will ever bring out the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.