The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.

We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.

Many a false step has been made standing still