No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. 

~ Abraham Lincoln

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go into harm’s way.

~ John Paul Jones, naval hero of the American Revolutionary War

These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined.

~ Homer Simpson, regarding his membership in a fraternity; Matt Groening, creator

Boldly ventured is half won.

~ German Proverb

Never tell me the odds!

~ Han Solo, as played by Harrison Ford in Star Wars; screenplay by George Lucas

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”

~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Long experience has taught me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong.

~ Anthony Eden

Audentes fortuna iuvat (fortune favors the bold). 

~ Virgil