The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business.

I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required.

Never take counsel of your fears.

Never take counsel of your fears.

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

I find myself having to choose between my hopes and my fears,