The bravest know fear, but they do not yield to it.
The first sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act great.
It is sheer egotism to fill your mind with thoughts of self when a greater thing is there—TRUTH.
never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling. A blow that would kill a civilized man soon heals on a savage.
Give—me—liberty—or—give—me—death.
haste shows lack of control.
If you believe you will fail, there is no hope for you. You will.
In facing your audience, pause a moment and look them over—a hundred chances to one they want you to succeed, for what man is so foolish as to spend his time, perhaps his money, in the hope that you will waste his investment by talking dully
One way to get air out of a glass is to pour in water.
It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling. A blow that would kill a civilized man soon heals on a savage. The higher we go in the scale of life, the greater is the capacity for suffering.