“Sweat more during peace. Bleed less during war.” – Sun Tzu

“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.” – Aristotle

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca

“He who is brave is free.” – Seneca

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.” – Henry Ford

“Be guided by beauty. You might think ‘building a company that’s trading bonds, what’s so aesthetic about that?’ What’s aesthetic about it is doing it right. Getting the right kind of people, approaching the problem, and doing it right…it’s a beautiful thing to do something right.” – Jim Simons

“We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” – Confucius

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” – Mark 8:36, Bible

“The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.” – Lawrence of Arabia

“My fear is my concern.” – Lawrence of Arabia

“I can’t answer for the place, only for myself.” – Lawrence of Arabia

“You will be the same person in five years as you are today, except for the people you meet and the books you read.” – Charlie Jones

“Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me….That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.” ― Stonewall Jackson