“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.”

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.

The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.

For the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Winning a tournament at the end of the year boosts your confidence a lot.

We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.

I am not confident around people. Maybe, I have become slightly more confident over the years because of my profession.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph.