He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night. 

-My idol Napoleon Bonaparte

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. -John F. Kennedy

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. -Diogenes

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. -Diogenes 

The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men. -Plato

We are twice armed if we fight with faith. -Plato

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.  -John (ch. XV, v. 13)

Make a friend when you don't need one. -Jamaican Proverb 

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. -Arab Proverb

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. -Rene Descartes