“You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.”
“Fear motivates us. Sometimes it motivates us toward what we want, but sometimes, if we aren’t careful, it limits us with what we think will keep us safe.”
“It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.”
“Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.”
“Make me braver, make me calmer, make me the equal of Fortune, make me her superior.”
“You will thus understand that what you fear is either insignificant or short-lived.”
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
“I have expressed an opinion on public issues whenever they appeared to me so bad and unfortunate that silence would have made me feel guilty of complicity.”
“Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared.”
“The lion who breaks the enemy’s ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.”
