Humor & Perspective

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.”

“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”

“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts.”

“A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.”

“Our doubts are traitors And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.”

“Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings.”