“Self trust is the essence of heroism.”

“Self-trust is the first secret of success.”

“The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them.”

“Of that ineffable essence which we call Spirit, he that thinks most, will say least.”

“The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.”

“Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.”

“Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.”