What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates his fate. – Henry David Thoreau

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. – William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, 1604

Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and, they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers. – Christian Nevell Bovee

Many men are like unto sausages: Whatever you stuff them with, that they will bear in them. – Alexi Konstantinovich Tolstoy