A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion." "Self-respect is the early form in which greatness appears." "You may deceive all the people some of the time," said Lincoln, "some of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time." We cannot deceive ourselves any of the time, and the only way to enjoy our own respect is to deserve it.

What would you think of a man who would neglect himself and treat his shadow with the greatest respect?
"Self-reliance is a grand element of character," says Michael Reynolds.
"It has won Olympic crowns and Isthmian laurels; it confers kinship with men who have vindicated their divine right to be held in the world's memory.".