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Courage

Strength in the face of fear, doubt, or resistance

Trust Thyself

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string....

Go Confidently

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined....

Our Doubts Are Traitors

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt....

Use What Talent You Possess

Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best....

Learning to Sail

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship....

Advance Confidently

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours....

Calmness Is Power

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power....

Up and Doing

Let us, then, be up and doing, / With a heart for any fate;...

To Thine Own Self

To thine own self be true....

Be Not Afraid of Greatness

Be not afraid of greatness....

The Readiness Is All

The readiness is all....

The Robbed That Smiles

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief....

Hide Not Thy Talents

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?...

The Better Part of Valour

The better part of valour is discretion....

My Head Is Unbowed

My head is bloody, but unbowed....

Not to Yield

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield....

Power Concedes Nothing

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will....

The Man in the Arena

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena;...

Dare Mighty Things

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much....

Measure of Injustice

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them....