The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.

Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.