Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.