“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