When a man's neck's in danger, he doesn't stop to think too much about
sentiment.

[Once war is declared, he will not waste precious time in waiting for reinforcements, nor will he return his army back for fresh supplies, but crosses the enemy's frontier without delay.

See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.

A little tiny person with nothing to worry about running in circles, worried out of her mind.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute; — he simply speaks and does what is right.

Men don't follow titles, they follow courage.

Take someone who doesn't keep score,
who's not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing,
who has not the slightest interest even
in his own personality: he's free.

The free man walks straight ahead; he has no hesitations and never looks behind, for he knows that there is nothing in the future and nothing in the past that can shake his freedom.
Freedom does not belong to him; it is no more his property than the wind, and as he does not possess it he is not possessed by it. And because he never looks behind his actions are said to leave no trace, like the passage of a bird through air.

Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

He moves fastest who moves alone.

If you're doing your best, you won't have time to worry about failure.

he who has no intention of paying does not trouble himself about difficulties when he is striking the bargain.

The writer, his eye on the finish line, never gave enough thought to how to run the race.

Don’t worry about doing it well; just do it.