Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the induction of a new order of things.

The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.

Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

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

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will sink out of sight.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide.

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

No man on earth is truly free. All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.