The cowardly fear of exposing one's lack of talent, and the terror that even after grinding effort, one's innate insufficiency might become all the more apparent.

To meekly accept what is thrust upon us without reason, and to go on living without reason -- that is the fate of all living beings.

Life is too long to do nothing, yet too short to accomplish something.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

-- Sun Tzu

Know your station and know sufficiency.

-- Hōjō Sōun

He who is ashamed of slave origins is no true warrior.

-- Baibars

My victories have left sufficient offspring: Leuctra and Mantinea.

-- Epaminondas

If you think you can hit my pitch, go ahead and try.

-- Eiji Sawamura

I wanted the world to know that my country, Ethiopia, has always won with determination and heroism.

-- Abebe Bikila