It is not the length of life, but the depth of life. He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.

Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands. This can only be by his preferring truth to his past apprehension of truth; and his alert acceptance of it, from whatever quarter; the intrepid conviction that his laws, his relations to society, his Christianity, his world may at any time be superseded and decease.

What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing do it with all your might. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective. ~

May you always do what you are afraid to do.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of what you need to do

Each is liable to panic, which is, exactly, the terror of ignorance surrendered to the imagination.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

The energy of the mind is commensurate with the work to be done.