"It is a quiet truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."

"Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one."

"Courage is not the absence of trembling, but the decision to step forward regardless. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity."

"Never underestimate the power of joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern."

"To master the mind is to understand that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."