Audacity, more audacity, always audacity.
With audacity one can undertake anything.
Bravery and faith bring both material and spiritual rewards.
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses his courage loses all.
True miracles are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence that God gave them.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.
Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will.
Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle.
Life is the acceptance of responsibilities, or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations, or avoiding them.
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success comes only later.
Facing it-always facing it-that's the way to get through. Face it!
If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and [if] there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.
He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass.
Let us be brave in the face of adversity.
Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.
There is something healthy and invigorating about direct action.
Confidence ... is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.
The man who most vividly realizes a difficulty is the man most likely to overcome it.